Jeshua — #2483 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jeshua

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,570 babies named Jeshua between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeshua currently holds the #2483 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 164 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeshua performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,025 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jeshua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 474 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeshua in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeshua 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 2,570 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.