NameTides

Joshua

Joshua was the #66 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,773 babies), and #53 in England & Wales and #91 in Canada.

Joshua as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Joshua as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandUSCanada
Joshua as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#66 (4,773)#53 (938)#75 (66)#55 (39)#81 (74)#91 (330)—#78 (95)
2024#57 (5,268)#50 (1,027)#60 (82)#63 (41)#73 (80)#84 (345)#76 (105)#76 (101)
2023#60 (5,070)#40 (1,339)#64 (78)#46 (50)#71 (89)#77 (357)#93 (89)#54 (108)
2022#60 (5,197)#35 (1,478)#63 (83)#29 (63)#69 (98)#78 (378)#69 (120)#62 (108)
2021#58 (5,531)#31 (1,737)#35 (130)#50 (55)#64 (108)#77 (423)#42 (192)#42 (152)
2020#53 (6,015)#23 (1,989)#29 (137)#34 (67)#56 (111)#62 (471)#47 (175)#41 (156)
2019#48 (6,631)#20 (2,450)#24 (180)#18 (96)#54 (128)#54 (534)#34 (217)#46 (159)
2018#40 (7,446)#17 (2,922)#26 (183)#17 (103)#52 (146)#55 (574)#34 (234)#27 (190)
2017#38 (8,353)#15 (3,166)#31 (173)#22 (91)#50 (155)#39 (683)#26 (253)#26 (200)
2016#35 (9,258)#16 (3,495)#27 (196)#17 (109)#44 (179)#37 (755)#19 (317)#22 (213)
2015#33 (9,850)#16 (3,394)#30 (197)#18 (110)#47 (162)#40 (768)#15 (346)#26 (184)
2014#25 (10,929)#13 (3,812)#30 (213)#21 (108)#38 (203)#30 (854)#17 (370)#18 (243)
2013#21 (11,861)#12 (3,973)#34 (202)#15 (131)#42 (198)#25 (991)#15 (409)#8 (327)
2012#17 (12,681)#11 (4,444)#32 (225)#13 (151)#41 (210)#22 (1,061)#8 (522)#9 (317)
2011#14 (13,797)#9 (4,786)#32 (211)#16 (141)#33 (249)#17 (1,157)#9 (510)#9 (347)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #4.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 360 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 360common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 290common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 210common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 320common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 480common

Next year

On its recent trend, Joshua is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 360 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 330 to 1 in 380.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joshua by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #74MEWisconsin: #83WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #71WAIdaho: #60IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #152NDMinnesota: #118MNIllinois: #83ILMichigan: #100MINew York: #63NYMassachusetts: #62MAOregon: #108ORNevada: #82NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #119IAIndiana: #63INOhio: #76OHPennsylvania: #77PANew Jersey: #53NJConnecticut: #95CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #71CAUtah: #115UTColorado: #88CONebraska: #122NEMissouri: #72MOKentucky: #70KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #61VAMaryland: #24MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #88AZNew Mexico: #67NMKansas: #101KSArkansas: #65ARTennessee: #62TNNorth Carolina: #53NCSouth Carolina: #54SCDistrict of Columbia: #25DCOklahoma: #68OKLouisiana: #54LAMississippi: #53MSAlabama: #58ALGeorgia: #54GAHawaii: #69HITexas: #58TXFlorida: #50FL
Joshua (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#72164
Quebec2025#13747

Joshua (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoshuaCanadaGirls—too few
JoshuaCanadaBoys#91330
JoshuaEngland & WalesBoys#53938
Joshua-England & WalesBoys—too few
JoshuaIrelandBoys#8174
JoshuaNorthern IrelandBoys#5539
JoshuaNSWBoys—too few
JoshuaScotlandBoys#7566
JoshuaUSGirls—too few
JoshuaUSBoys#664,773
JoshuaVICBoys#7895