Boys' name · since 1980
Joash
406 babies named Joash in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,942 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,589 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
406 babies have been named Joash since 1980, making it today's #4589 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joash has been recorded 406 times among boys since 1980, currently ranked #4589 nationally and more common than 67% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #8,942 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,589 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 406 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joash ranks #8,942 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,589 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 406 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,942 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,589 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 406
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joash's 406 recorded births place it above 80.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Joash compares
406 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joash's all-time total is 10% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joash | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 406 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joash's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joash's full recorded timeline at 2009, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joash popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Joash by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (147 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Joash's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Joash births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s
2020s
106 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 147 births (36% of all-time use).
Joash by state
Where Joash concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.2% |
19 of 406 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Joash's data
- Joash's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (147 total births) through the 2020s (106) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Joashs (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joash: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Joash 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 August 2026.