Joshaua

Boy · recorded 1974–2009

  • 2009last recorded
  • 1981best year

Most popular in 1981.

Last recorded in 2009. 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 Joshaua.

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 1974

05919741983199220002009

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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 26 recorded years as a table
Joshaua, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19743
19753
19774
19785
19793
19803
19819
19825
19837
19843
19855
19864
19873
19896
19904
19914
19925
19933
19946
19953
19973
19983
19996
20004
20025
20094

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joshaua 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 2009
7
Rank in 2009
#9,864
How rare
1 in 283,367 boys
Since 1974
209

Joshaua was last recorded in 2009. 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 1981, at 9 per million boys born.

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

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