Joshua in Iowa

Babies in Iowa

14,563

since 1966

Rank in Iowa · 2025

#119

recorded as boys

Peak year in Iowa

1980

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

Recorded as boys US overall

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

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Year	Girls	Rank	Boys	Rank
2025	<5	—	33	119
2024	<5	—	37	103
2023	<5	—	35	99
2022	<5	—	33	122
2021	<5	—	39	102
2020	<5	—	40	96
2019	<5	—	43	89
2018	<5	—	52	68
2017	<5	—	67	50
2016	<5	—	59	60
2015	<5	—	49	91
2014	<5	—	73	57
2013	<5	—	60	68
2012	<5	—	67	59
2011	<5	—	57	75
2010	<5	—	97	38
2009	<5	—	100	37
2008	<5	—	106	36
2007	<5	—	114	38
2006	<5	—	153	20
2005	<5	—	147	17
2004	<5	—	155	19
2003	<5	—	172	15
2002	<5	—	177	14
2001	<5	—	162	20
2000	<5	—	172	22
1999	<5	—	222	13
1998	<5	—	231	11
1997	<5	—	223	10
1996	<5	—	238	11
1995	<5	—	269	9
1994	<5	—	298	9
1993	<5	—	312	12
1992	<5	—	342	9
1991	<5	—	428	5
1990	<5	—	405	6
1989	<5	—	494	2
1988	<5	—	459	4
1987	<5	—	478	4
1986	<5	—	513	3
1985	<5	—	586	3
1984	<5	—	645	3
1983	<5	—	618	3
1982	<5	—	710	3
1981	<5	—	763	3
1980	<5	—	828	1
1979	<5	—	741	4
1978	<5	—	620	5
1977	<5	—	553	5
1976	<5	—	334	15
1975	<5	—	333	16
1974	<5	—	261	20
1973	<5	—	172	30
1972	<5	—	81	55
1971	<5	—	55	80
1970	<5	—	21	151
1969	<5	—	12	202
1968	<5	—	9	242
1967	<5	—	<5	—
1966	<5	—	10	231