Boys' name · since 1980
Jehoshua
Jehoshua has 14 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 14
- total births
- 1980–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Jehoshua is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 14 have been recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Jehoshua recorded 14 times among boys since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1988.
- 14 total births
- 1980–1988 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jehoshua's 14 recorded births place it above 30% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jehoshua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jehoshua's full recorded timeline at 1988, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 7 recorded births.
Jehoshua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1988
- Peak year (1980)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Jehoshua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jehoshua's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jehoshua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jehoshua: Baby Name Since 1980 - 14 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jehoshua. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jehoshua draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.