Josua
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1987
50 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
773
since 1971
Born a Josua? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Josua was most popular in 1987, when 50 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.03 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Josua in 2025. Not recorded since 2022.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 8 | 8739 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 5 | 12136 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 11 | 7236 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 11 | 6904 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 13 | 5875 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 21 | 4129 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 16 | 4815 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 17 | 4476 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 15 | 4785 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 15 | 4413 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 13 | 4613 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 16 | 3854 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 20 | 3326 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 17 | 3661 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 18 | 3459 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 26 | 2606 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 21 | 2952 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 22 | 2784 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 42 | 1671 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 50 | 1439 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 49 | 1419 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 48 | 1416 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 23 | 2232 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 33 | 1711 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 19 | 2518 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 29 | 1899 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 20 | 2444 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 21 | 2310 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 13 | 3070 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 10 | 3471 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 15 | 2637 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 10 | 3146 |
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