Joshaun — boys' name
56 babies named Joshaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Joshaun was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Joshaun in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joshaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Joshaun between 1996 and 2012, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joshaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joshaun 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 56 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.
Joshaun at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joshaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1996
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
56 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 8 births in a single year.
Joshaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 38 births that decade — 68% of Joshaun's all-time total
Joshaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joshaun's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.