NameTides

Josue

Josue was the #330 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,026 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Josue as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Josue 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Josue 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#330 (1,026)—#2,527 (7)
2024#294 (1,144)#5,120 (3)#1,353 (16)
2023#295 (1,125)—#1,496 (13)
2022#290 (1,173)#4,790 (3)#1,483 (13)
2021#311 (1,079)—#1,761 (10)
2020#275 (1,231)#3,334 (5)#1,261 (16)
2019#259 (1,402)—#1,029 (21)
2018#226 (1,664)#3,959 (4)#1,682 (10)
2017#240 (1,538)#3,449 (5)#1,008 (22)
2016#271 (1,353)—#833 (29)
2015#272 (1,348)#4,747 (3)#978 (22)
2014#268 (1,368)—#771 (31)
2013#251 (1,454)#3,315 (5)#977 (22)
2012#237 (1,514)#3,987 (4)#928 (23)
2011#214 (1,639)#3,830 (4)#663 (37)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #181.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Josue is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josue by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #301NYMassachusetts: #298MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #483INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #284NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #210CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #385CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #351VAMaryland: #208MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #288AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #295NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #327GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #196TXFlorida: #323FL
Josue (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
JosueCanadaBoys#2,5277
JosueEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JosueNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JosueUSGirls—too few
JosueUSBoys#3301,026