Jeshua
Recorded 1973–2025 · United States
Jeshua was most popular in 2007, when 165 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,490 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,540, with 51 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,628 people named Jeshua.
Jeshua over time
How old is the name Jeshua?
Jeshua first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1973, which makes it about 52 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 53 of the 53 years since.
How many people are named Jeshua?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,628 American births named Jeshua between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,579 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jeshua in 2025?
51 American babies were named Jeshua in 2025, ranking #5,540 that year.
Is Jeshua getting more or less popular?
Jeshua is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 89 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -51% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jeshua a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jeshua is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 2,628 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Jeshua?
Roughly 2,579 Americans named Jeshua are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 13 and 23. That is a narrow band: Jeshua arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org