Toshua — unisex name

What the Data Says About Toshua

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Toshua between 1970 and 1991, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Toshua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Toshua is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 55 additional births since 1982.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Toshua performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Toshua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Toshua 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 129 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.