Joshuah — #10065 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joshuah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,862 babies named Joshuah between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshuah currently holds the #10065 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshuah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 782 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joshuah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 302 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joshuah in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joshuah 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 2,862 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.