The name Joshua is of Hebrew origin, and means Yahweh saves.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joshua has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Joshua
Use of the Name Joshua for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
1,005,703
999,676
852,851
271,227
127,928
48,685
23,778
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joshua has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Joshua
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
211
58
1881
244
41
1882
236
50
1883
202
55
1884
266
41
1885
254
43
1886
229
55
1887
247
41
1888
247
50
1889
300
33
1890
365
24
1891
354
24
1892
285
41
1893
377
23
1894
383
24
1895
343
29
1896
354
30
1897
348
29
1898
299
39
1899
380
24
1900
371
36
1901
400
22
1902
530
17
1903
460
21
1904
502
19
1905
557
18
1906
426
27
1907
460
26
1908
459
29
1909
492
28
1910
400
44
1911
449
43
1912
512
59
1913
492
78
1914
530
87
1915
474
136
1916
578
100
1917
525
121
1918
554
119
1919
507
138
1920
541
129
1921
571
123
1922
570
125
1923
536
130
1924
596
114
1925
599
111
1926
620
103
1927
572
117
1928
568
117
1929
729
74
1930
645
91
1931
611
95
1932
564
110
1933
579
100
1934
575
106
1935
665
80
1936
580
99
1937
607
92
1938
721
72
1939
573
101
1940
628
90
1941
628
93
1942
602
109
1943
651
96
1944
607
103
1945
607
99
1946
608
112
1947
574
139
1948
584
131
1949
488
184
1950
536
162
1951
526
169
1952
535
174
1953
545
168
1954
531
187
1955
468
245
1956
490
239
1957
466
274
1958
477
276
1959
442
327
1960
453
317
1961
424
349
1962
435
337
1963
419
369
1964
406
391
1965
352
462
1966
341
481
1967
312
565
1968
270
734
1969
197
1,317
1970
150
2,168
1971
80
3,637
1972
59
5,034
1973
42
8,039
1974
29
11,591
1975
26
14,557
1976
18
16,822
1977
14
22,024
1978
12
25,180
977
141
1979
9
31,090
759
212
1980
7
36,012
746
222
1981
6
38,982
705
239
1982
7
37,973
716
242
1983
5
36,664
718
232
1984
4
40,211
650
268
1985
4
42,169
659
276
1986
4
37,495
617
307
1987
4
39,979
676
273
1988
4
42,605
651
298
1989
4
44,075
884
208
1990
4
43,188
1991
4
41,198
1992
4
36,184
1993
4
33,553
1994
4
31,336
1995
5
30,691
1996
5
29,134
1997
5
28,237
1998
4
28,042
1999
4
27,195
2000
4
27,459
2001
4
25,928
2002
3
25,856
2003
3
24,907
2004
3
23,778
Totals:
1,005,703
2,918
During the last 125 years, parents have used Joshua as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.