Joshua Boy Name

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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.

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