Boys' name · since 1973
Joshoa
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 97 babies named Joshoa, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 97
- total births
- 1973–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Joshoa sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 97 recorded since 1973.
Joshoa has 97 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2005.
- 97 total births
- 1973–2005 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joshoa's 97 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joshoa's full recorded timeline at 1985, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joshoa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2005
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Joshoa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Joshoa's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Joshoa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 61 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Joshoa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1973–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joshoa: Baby Name Since 1973 - 97 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joshoa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joshoa 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 July 2026.