Is Jeshua a boy or girl name?

Jeshua is a boy’s name. Of the 2,628 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.2% were girls and 99.8% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Jeshua’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Jeshua

Where Jeshua is most concentrated

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