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.

Yehoshua

#2,782 most common boys' name of all time · #6,702 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#2,782
Rank overall
#6,702 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,442
Since 2016
802
Peak year
2019 #1,684
Best rank
#1,684 2019
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
198020002020

Yehoshua first appears in 1970. 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
2025 — 92 92 #1,760
2024 — 71 71 #2,111
2023 — 73 73 #2,055
2022 — 75 75 #2,027
2021 — 93 93 #1,746
2020 — 78 78 #1,903
2019 — 95 95 #1,684
2018 — 70 70 #2,058
2017 — 83 83 #1,816
2016 — 72 72 #2,001
2015 — 74 74 #1,965
2014 — 70 70 #2,028
2013 — 80 80 #1,805
2012 — 68 68 #2,040
2011 — 80 80 #1,803
2010 — 86 86 #1,755
2009 — 63 63 #2,155
2008 — 77 77 #1,887
2007 — 67 67 #2,060
2006 — 62 62 #2,112
2005 — 52 52 #2,282
2004 — 56 56 #2,121
2003 — 47 47 #2,292
2002 — 54 54 #2,033
2001 — 52 52 #2,039
2000 — 41 41 #2,350
1999 — 52 52 #1,895
1998 — 36 36 #2,422
1997 — 30 30 #2,647
1996 — 41 41 #2,100
1995 — 39 39 #2,128
1994 — 29 29 #2,591
1993 — 28 28 #2,618
1992 — 28 28 #2,578
1991 — 27 27 #2,588
1990 — 23 23 #2,837
1989 — 26 26 #2,519
1988 — 19 19 #2,932
1987 — 20 20 #2,696
1986 — 21 21 #2,582
1985 — 22 22 #2,416
1984 — 17 17 #2,800
1983 — 20 20 #2,484
1982 — 12 12 #3,620
1981 — 17 17 #2,759
1980 — 16 16 #2,941
1979 — 17 17 #2,760
1978 — 8 8 #4,425
1977 — 8 8 #4,453
1976 — 10 10 #3,658
1975 — 8 8 #4,214
1974 — 8 8 #4,123
1973 — 9 9 #3,652
1972 — 7 7 #4,354
1971 — 6 6 #4,819
1970 — 7 7 #4,229