Recorded 1980–1996 Boys' name Peak 1985 16 births

Joshuea — boys' name

16 babies named Joshuea in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s111990s5
1980s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Joshuea was born in this single decade.

1985
Single peak year

6 babies were named Joshuea in 1985 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joshuea

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Joshuea between 1980 and 1996, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshuea currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshuea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Joshuea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joshuea 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 16 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.

Joshuea at a glance

Last recorded 1996

Total births

16

Since 1980

17 years of records

Peak year

1985

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1996

Active since

1980

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 1996

Joshuea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1980

Last recorded 1996
Peak year (1985)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.5 199619851980 5

Joshuea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
11 births that decade — 69% of Joshuea's all-time total
1980s111990s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joshuea?
16 babies have been named Joshuea since 1980. It was last recorded in 1996. The peak year was 1985 with 6 births.
When was Joshuea most popular?
Joshuea was most popular in the 1980s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1985.
How long has the name Joshuea been used?
Joshuea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 17 years of data through 1996.
What names are similar to Joshuea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joseph, Joshua, Jose, Josiah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–1996 (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.