Joshia — boys' name
172 babies named Joshia in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Joshia was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Joshia in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joshia
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Joshia between 1981 and 2022, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshia currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joshia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joshia 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 172 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.
Joshia at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1981
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
172 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 14 births in a single year.
Joshia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 59 births that decade — 34% of Joshia's all-time total
Joshia decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joshia's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1981–2022 (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.