Boys' name · since 1987
Joshusa
10 babies named Joshusa in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1987–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Joshusa is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 10 have been recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshusa has been recorded 10 times among boys since 1987, 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 1987 to 1988.
- 10 total births
- 1987–1988 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joshusa's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshusa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joshusa splits its recorded history at 1988: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births).
Joshusa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1988
- Peak year (1987)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Joshusa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Joshusa's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Joshusa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1987–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joshusa: Baby Name Since 1987 - 10 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joshusa. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joshusa 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 July 2026.