Boys' name · since 1979
Joushua
90 babies named Joushua in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 90
- total births
- 1979–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
Joushua sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 90 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Joushua recorded 90 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2000.
- 90 total births
- 1979–2000 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joushua's 90 recorded births place it above 60% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joushua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joushua's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joushua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2000
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Joushua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Joushua's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Joushua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 64 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Joushua's decade-level peak was the 1980s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1979–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joushua: Baby Name Since 1979 - 90 Births, Peak 1989." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joushua. 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 Joushua 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.