NameTides

Yeshua

Yeshua was the #1,005 boys' name in the US in 2025 (225 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Yeshua as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yeshua 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Yeshua 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,005 (225)#5,137 (3)#3,153 (5)
2024#983 (229)—#2,439 (7)
2023#1,185 (171)#4,992 (3)—
2022#1,642 (105)——
2021#1,700 (96)#4,789 (3)—
2020#1,518 (110)#3,334 (5)—
2019#1,507 (113)——
2018#1,593 (103)——
2017#1,276 (142)—#2,762 (5)
2016#1,248 (148)#4,023 (4)—
2015#1,444 (117)#3,373 (5)—
2014#1,245 (145)——
2013#1,269 (137)#3,315 (5)—
2012#1,285 (136)——
2011#1,587 (97)#3,830 (4)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #983.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,600 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 7,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yeshua is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 7,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yeshua by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: 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: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #745NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,231PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: 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: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth 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: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #777FL
Yeshua (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
YeshuaCanadaBoys#3,1535
YeshuaEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
YeshuaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YeshuaUSBoys#1,005225