Joash — #3816 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joash

The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Joash between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joash currently holds the #3816 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joash performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joash shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Joash in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joash 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 384 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.