Recorded 1975–1998 Boys' name Peak 1985 260 births

Jushua — boys' name

260 babies named Jushua in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s471980s1521990s61
1980s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Jushua was born in this single decade.

1985
Single peak year

29 babies were named Jushua in 1985 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jushua

The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Jushua between 1975 and 1998, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jushua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jushua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jushua 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 Jushua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jushua 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 260 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.

Jushua at a glance

Last recorded 1998

Total births

260

Since 1975

24 years of records

Peak year

1985

29 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1998

Active since

1975

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 1998

Jushua popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1975

Last recorded 1998
Peak year (1985)
29
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
010203040 19981993199019871984198119781975 9

Jushua by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
152 births that decade — 58% of Jushua's all-time total
1970s471980s1521990s61

Jushua by state

Where Jushua concentrates geographically — total births since 1975

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jushua
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.9%
California share of Jushua's total US births 1.9%

5 of 260 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jushua?
260 babies have been named Jushua since 1975. It was last recorded in 1998. The peak year was 1985 with 29 births.
When was Jushua most popular?
Jushua was most popular in the 1980s decade with 152 total births. The single peak year was 1985.
Where is Jushua most popular?
The top states for the name Jushua are California (5 births).
How long has the name Jushua been used?
Jushua has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 24 years of data through 1998.
What names are similar to Jushua?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Justin, Justice, Justus, Justyn, 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, 1975–1998 (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.