Joshuah
Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Joshuah was most popular in 1989, when 106 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,330 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,873 people named Joshuah.
Joshuah over time
How old is the name Joshuah?
Joshuah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 57 years since.
How many people are named Joshuah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,873 American births named Joshuah 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 2,770 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Joshuah in 2025?
10 American babies were named Joshuah in 2025, ranking #16,070 that year.
Is Joshuah getting more or less popular?
Joshuah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 10 births a year, against 44 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -78% 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 Joshuah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Joshuah is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,873 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% 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 Joshuah?
Roughly 2,770 Americans named Joshuah are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 21 and 39.
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.
Where Joshuah 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