Joshawa — boys' name

What the Data Says About Joshawa

The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Joshawa between 1974 and 2011, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshawa currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshawa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 226 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joshawa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joshawa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joshawa 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 508 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.