Boys' name · since 1981
Joshia
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 172 babies named Joshia, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,878 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 172
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joshia sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 172 recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Joshia recorded 172 times among boys since 1981, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2022.
- #13,878 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 172 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshia ranks #13,878 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,878 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 172
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joshia's 172 recorded births place it above 69.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joshia's full recorded timeline at 2002, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joshia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2022
- Peak year (2009)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Joshia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (59 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Joshia's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Joshia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Joshia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joshia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1981–2022 (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 Joshia 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.