Oshua — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oshua

The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Oshua between 1978 and 1989, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oshua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oshua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Oshua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oshua 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 95 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.