Jashua — #9148 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jashua

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,705 babies named Jashua between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jashua currently holds the #9148 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jashua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 536 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jashua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 205 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jashua in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jashua in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,705 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.