NameTides

Joash

Joash was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Joash as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Joash as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Joash as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,539 (22)—#3,153 (5)
2024#3,793 (29)#5,120 (3)—
2023#5,255 (18)#2,326 (9)#2,123 (8)
2022#8,300 (9)——
2021#4,780 (20)#3,017 (6)—
2020#8,739 (8)#4,608 (3)—
2019#4,951 (19)#3,013 (6)—
2018#6,703 (12)—#2,403 (6)
2017#7,546 (10)—#2,439 (6)
2016#4,943 (19)#3,478 (5)—
2015#5,507 (16)#2,483 (8)—
2014#8,781 (8)#4,632 (3)—
2013#6,241 (13)#2,403 (8)#2,606 (5)
2012#5,035 (18)#2,117 (10)#2,368 (6)
2011#4,983 (18)#2,194 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #3,793.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Joash is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 59,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 140,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joash by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Joash (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoashCanadaBoys#3,1535
JoashEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JoashNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JoashUSBoys#4,53922