Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joushua

#16,181 most common boys' name of all time · #42,192 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1979–2000

Rank among boys
#16,181
Rank overall
#42,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
90
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1989 #4,488
Best rank
#4,301 1985
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
19802000

Joushua first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2000 — 6 6 #9,614
1993 — 7 7 #7,284
1990 — 6 6 #7,704
1989 — 12 12 #4,488
1987 — 7 7 #5,956
1986 — 7 7 #5,796
1985 — 10 10 #4,301
1984 — 7 7 #5,470
1983 — 5 5 #7,076
1982 — 5 5 #7,122
1981 — 6 6 #6,146
1980 — 5 5 #7,092
1979 — 7 7 #5,342