Boys' name · since 1976
Joshau
247 babies named Joshau in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 247
- total births
- 1976–2008
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Joshau sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 247 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshau has been recorded 247 times among boys since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2008.
- 247 total births
- 1976–2008 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joshau's 247 recorded births place it above 74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshau's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joshau's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joshau popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2008
- Peak year (1985)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Joshau by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Joshau's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Joshau births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
132 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 132 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Joshau's decade-level peak was the 1980s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1976–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joshau: Baby Name Since 1976 - 247 Births, Peak 1985." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joshau. 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 Joshau 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.