Josue — #294 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Josue

The Social Security Administration has registered 56,652 babies named Josue between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josue currently holds the #294 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 2,272 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josue performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18,321 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Josue shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Josue in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josue 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 56,652 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.