Josha

Boy · recorded 1971–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1982best year

Most popular in 1982.

Last recorded in 2005. 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 Josha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

081519711980198819972005

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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 33 recorded years as a table
Josha, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19713
19723
19734
19743
19755
19765
19779
19785
19797
198010
198110
198215
19839
198411
198511
198611
198710
198814
198911
199013
19919
19926
19936
19943
19955
19965
19975
19985
19995
20004
20014
20033
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Josha 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#11,472
How rare
1 in 399,461 boys
Since 1971
426

Josha was last recorded in 2005. 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 1982, at 15 per million boys born.

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

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