Joshus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Joshus

The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Joshus between 1976 and 1999, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joshus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joshus performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joshus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joshus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joshus 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 171 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.