Yashua — #7420 US boys' name
335 babies named Yashua in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Yashua was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Yashua in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yashua
The Social Security Administration has registered 335 babies named Yashua between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yashua currently holds the #7420 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yashua performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yashua shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yashua 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 335 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.
Yashua at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Yashua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #7420 among boys.
335 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 19 births in a single year.
Yashua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 121 births that decade — 36% of Yashua's all-time total
Yashua decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yashua's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
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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, 1992–2024 (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.