NameTides

Josua

Josua peaked in the US in 1986 at #1,419, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Josua as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Josua 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.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Josua 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.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
2022#12,330 (5)——
2020#8,739 (8)——
2017#12,246 (5)——
2016#12,185 (5)——
2014#12,108 (5)——
2013#12,136 (5)——
2010#9,693 (7)——
2009#7,236 (11)#4,527 (3)—
2008#12,553 (5)——
2007#6,262 (13)——
2006#6,904 (11)——
2005#5,875 (13)—#2,263 (5)
2004#4,129 (21)——
2003#4,815 (16)——
2002#8,456 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #1,419.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JosuaCanadaBoys—too few
JosuaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JosuaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JosuaUSBoys—too few