Yoshua — #3635 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yoshua

The Social Security Administration has registered 565 babies named Yoshua between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoshua currently holds the #3635 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoshua performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yoshua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Yoshua in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoshua 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 565 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.