Johsua

Boy · recorded 1974–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1989best year

Most popular in 1989.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Johsua.

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

061119741983199120002008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Johsua, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19743
19774
19785
19794
19805
19816
19827
19837
19848
198510
198610
19879
19888
198911
19908
19919
19925
19944
19954
19974
19983
19993
20073
20082

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Johsua isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#12,553
How rare
1 in 408,030 boys
Since 1974
266

Johsua was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1989, at 11 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Johsua doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.