Joshua in Illinois

Babies in Illinois

49,447

since 1947

Rank in Illinois · 2025

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recorded as girls

#83

recorded as boys

Peak year in Illinois

1981

Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025

Recorded as girls Recorded as boys US overall

Yearly share of babies named Joshua in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).

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Year	Girls	Rank	Boys	Rank
2025	<5	—	138	83
2024	<5	—	140	83
2023	<5	—	128	94
2022	<5	—	166	64
2021	<5	—	176	63
2020	<5	—	193	60
2019	<5	—	217	57
2018	<5	—	242	51
2017	<5	—	271	49
2016	<5	—	324	38
2015	<5	—	366	36
2014	<5	—	413	28
2013	<5	—	387	32
2012	<5	—	468	21
2011	<5	—	502	17
2010	<5	—	649	9
2009	<5	—	697	7
2008	<5	—	735	7
2007	<5	—	811	6
2006	<5	—	919	5
2005	<5	—	942	7
2004	<5	—	1,014	5
2003	<5	—	992	8
2002	<5	—	1,054	5
2001	<5	—	1,117	6
2000	<5	—	1,101	7
1999	<5	—	1,102	7
1998	<5	—	1,150	6
1997	<5	—	1,135	7
1996	<5	—	1,134	8
1995	<5	—	1,233	8
1994	<5	—	1,238	11
1993	<5	—	1,283	8
1992	6	1,260	1,338	9
1991	<5	—	1,571	5
1990	13	715	1,534	6
1989	5	1,373	1,551	8
1988	8	955	1,471	8
1987	14	633	1,355	12
1986	19	494	1,380	10
1985	8	891	1,569	7
1984	<5	—	1,565	8
1983	7	991	1,437	12
1982	5	1,238	1,541	11
1981	9	844	1,624	11
1980	10	811	1,564	12
1979	9	897	1,459	12
1978	9	822	1,288	12
1977	8	901	1,198	15
1976	7	950	839	24
1975	<5	—	776	24
1974	5	1,137	600	29
1973	<5	—	374	45
1972	<5	—	222	62
1971	<5	—	182	88
1970	<5	—	90	166
1969	<5	—	70	189
1968	<5	—	32	296
1967	<5	—	22	358
1966	<5	—	28	307
1965	<5	—	17	411
1964	<5	—	22	362
1963	<5	—	14	453
1962	<5	—	20	377
1961	<5	—	15	443
1960	<5	—	10	536
1959	<5	—	7	629
1958	<5	—	13	469
1957	<5	—	14	427
1956	<5	—	19	351
1955	<5	—	13	413
1954	<5	—	<5	—
1953	<5	—	5	616
1952	<5	—	7	508
1951	<5	—	<5	—
1950	<5	—	<5	—
1949	<5	—	6	526
1948	<5	—	<5	—
1947	<5	—	6	512