Joshu is a very rare variant of Joshua that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Joshu is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1994. Joshu first appears in 1971 and peaked in 1988 (10 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,336 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #6,520 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #9,082 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #5,379 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #4,599 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,515 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,629 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #4,505 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #5,859 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #4,804 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #5,101 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #4,009 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,658 |