Joshoa — boys' name
97 babies named Joshoa in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Joshoa was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Joshoa in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joshoa
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Joshoa between 1973 and 2005, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshoa currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshoa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Joshoa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joshoa 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 97 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.
Joshoa at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joshoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1973
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
97 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 12 births in a single year.
Joshoa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 61 births that decade — 63% of Joshoa's all-time total
Joshoa decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Joshoa's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1973–2005 (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.