Joshus

Boy · recorded 1976–1999

  • 1999last recorded
  • 1988best year

Most popular in 1988.

Last recorded in 1999. 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 Joshus.

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Its story

Popularity since 1976

05919761982198819931999

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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 19 recorded years as a table
Joshus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19763
19774
19796
19808
19816
19826
19834
19843
19853
19867
19875
19889
19895
19906
19912
19933
19943
19973
19994

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joshus 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

More like Joshus

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999
7
Rank in 1999
#7,874
How rare
1 in 274,307 boys
Since 1976
171

Joshus was last recorded in 1999. 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 1988, at 9 per million boys born.

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

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