Boys' name · since 1989
Joshuan
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 284 babies named Joshuan, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,274 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Joshuan currently ranks #6274 among boys' names in America, with 284 babies recorded since 1989.
Joshuan has 284 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6274 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #10,916 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,274 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 284 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshuan ranks #10,916 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,274 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 284 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,916 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,274 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Joshuan's 284 recorded births place it above 75.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Joshuan compares
284 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joshuan's all-time total is 23% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joshuan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 284 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joshuan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joshuan's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joshuan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Joshuan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (95 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Joshuan's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Joshuan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 95 births (33% of all-time use).
Joshuan by state
Where Joshuan concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 284 births nationwide.
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What to do with Joshuan's data
- California records the most Joshuans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joshuan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Joshuan 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.