Boys' name · since 1981
Joshual
Joshual has 146 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,926 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joshual sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 146 recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshual has been recorded 146 times among boys since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2011.
- #14,926 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshual ranks #14,926 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,926 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joshual's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshual's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joshual splits its recorded history at 1992: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joshual popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2011
- Peak year (1989)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Joshual by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (65 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Joshual's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Joshual births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 65 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Joshual's decade-level peak was the 1980s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Joshual: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1981–2011 (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 Joshual 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.