Joshua in Massachusetts
Babies in Massachusetts
24,751
since 1915
Rank in Massachusetts · 2025
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recorded as girls
#62
recorded as boys
Peak year in Massachusetts
1989
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Massachusetts, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Joshua in Massachusetts from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 101 | 62 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 124 | 46 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 102 | 62 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 119 | 52 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 131 | 48 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 143 | 42 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 126 | 49 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 153 | 46 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 170 | 39 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 197 | 34 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 189 | 37 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 181 | 36 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 202 | 37 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 262 | 26 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 244 | 31 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 287 | 24 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 335 | 16 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 364 | 15 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 397 | 15 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 402 | 16 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 419 | 16 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 488 | 11 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 513 | 10 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 488 | 13 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 527 | 13 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 533 | 13 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 546 | 13 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 570 | 13 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 580 | 11 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 629 | 10 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 657 | 11 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 607 | 14 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 682 | 12 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 726 | 11 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 800 | 10 |
| 1990 | 5 | 740 | 846 | 11 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 891 | 11 |
| 1988 | 6 | 646 | 835 | 12 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 757 | 13 |
| 1986 | 9 | 450 | 668 | 15 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 734 | 14 |
| 1984 | 7 | 497 | 727 | 13 |
| 1983 | 8 | 457 | 633 | 16 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 633 | 14 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 640 | 13 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 591 | 12 |
| 1979 | 8 | 441 | 533 | 17 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 476 | 18 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 424 | 22 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 344 | 28 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 422 | 23 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 342 | 30 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 257 | 36 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 216 | 40 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 157 | 49 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 136 | 52 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 96 | 70 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 57 | 92 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 36 | 127 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 36 | 134 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 25 | 161 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 25 | 168 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 20 | 192 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 20 | 191 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 15 | 219 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 24 | 171 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 20 | 187 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 11 | 240 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 9 | 257 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 13 | 214 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 7 | 256 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 271 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 10 | 207 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 6 | 279 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 6 | 230 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 5 | 347 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 5 | 343 |
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