Yehoshua
Yehoshua is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 69 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 690.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201995 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1970
- 2,348people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,348 boys have been named Yehoshua in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 95 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2019, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 33%.
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Yehoshua was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Yehoshua
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yechielpeak 2024
- Yisroelpeak 2019
- Mustafapeak 2024
- Muhammedpeak 2014
- Farhanpeak 2024
- Husseinpeak 2015
- Elimelechpeak 2024
- Kekoapeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.