Joshua is one of America's most popular boys' names, ranked #66 in 2025.
Joshua is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #66 for boy births in the United States (and #116 across all names), given to 4,773 babies — 4,780 including U.S. territories. Joshua first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1989 (44,100 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,773 | 4,780 | — | #66 |
| 2024 | 5,276 | 5,284 | #11,590 | #57 |
| 2023 | 5,076 | 5,084 | #14,219 | #60 |
| 2022 | 5,203 | 5,210 | #14,381 | #60 |
| 2021 | 5,531 | 5,542 | — | #58 |
| 2020 | 6,024 | 6,039 | #10,660 | #53 |
| 2019 | 6,641 | 6,663 | #10,082 | #48 |
| 2018 | 7,446 | 7,465 | — | #40 |
| 2017 | 8,365 | 8,388 | #9,033 | #38 |
| 2016 | 9,276 | 9,314 | #6,768 | #35 |
| 2015 | 9,868 | 9,901 | #6,847 | #33 |
| 2014 | 10,945 | 10,989 | #7,466 | #25 |
| 2013 | 11,874 | 11,930 | #8,792 | #21 |
| 2012 | 12,699 | 12,769 | #6,992 | #17 |
| 2011 | 13,822 | 13,902 | #5,448 | #14 |
| 2010 | 15,480 | 15,557 | #8,950 | #11 |
| 2009 | 17,695 | 17,799 | #5,789 | #6 |
| 2008 | 19,256 | 19,340 | #5,645 | #4 |
| 2007 | 20,708 | 20,838 | #4,014 | #4 |
| 2006 | 22,367 | 22,512 | #4,626 | #3 |
| 2005 | 23,304 | 23,482 | #3,479 | #3 |
| 2004 | 24,334 | 24,542 | #1,624 | #3 |
| 2003 | 25,151 | 25,369 | #3,261 | #3 |
| 2002 | 26,044 | 26,307 | #3,116 | #3 |
| 2001 | 26,072 | 26,397 | #2,984 | #4 |
| 2000 | 27,597 | 27,926 | #2,724 | #4 |
| 1999 | 27,327 | 27,749 | #2,383 | #4 |
| 1998 | 28,146 | 28,619 | #2,673 | #4 |
| 1997 | 28,350 | — | #2,245 | #5 |
| 1996 | 29,250 | — | #1,923 | #5 |
| 1995 | 30,782 | — | #2,169 | #5 |
| 1994 | 31,451 | — | #1,846 | #4 |
| 1993 | 33,704 | — | #1,421 | #4 |
| 1992 | 36,343 | — | #1,364 | #4 |
| 1991 | 41,367 | — | #1,223 | #4 |
| 1990 | 43,403 | — | #1,068 | #4 |
| 1989 | 44,308 | — | #885 | #4 |
| 1988 | 42,950 | — | #654 | #4 |
| 1987 | 40,274 | — | #679 | #4 |
| 1986 | 37,849 | — | #617 | #4 |
| 1985 | 42,470 | — | #658 | #4 |
| 1984 | 40,532 | — | #655 | #4 |
| 1983 | 36,919 | — | #718 | #5 |
| 1982 | 38,245 | — | #721 | #7 |
| 1981 | 39,264 | — | #702 | #6 |
| 1980 | 36,274 | — | #748 | #7 |
| 1979 | 31,331 | — | #763 | #9 |
| 1978 | 25,345 | — | #982 | #12 |
| 1977 | 22,181 | — | #1,130 | #14 |
| 1976 | 16,940 | — | #1,198 | #18 |
| 1975 | 14,659 | — | #1,243 | #26 |
| 1974 | 11,662 | — | #1,537 | #29 |
| 1973 | 8,095 | — | #2,104 | #42 |
| 1972 | 5,054 | — | #3,111 | #59 |
| 1971 | 3,667 | — | #3,714 | #80 |
| 1970 | 2,185 | — | #5,206 | #150 |
| 1969 | 1,329 | — | #5,667 | #197 |
| 1968 | 736 | — | #7,496 | #271 |
| 1967 | 563 | — | — | #314 |
| 1966 | 486 | — | — | #340 |
| 1965 | 461 | — | — | #352 |
| 1964 | 389 | — | — | #409 |
| 1963 | 372 | — | — | #417 |
| 1962 | 335 | — | — | #436 |
| 1961 | 354 | — | — | #423 |
| 1960 | 314 | — | — | #455 |
| 1959 | 328 | — | — | #441 |
| 1958 | 276 | — | — | #477 |
| 1957 | 273 | — | — | #468 |
| 1956 | 239 | — | — | #491 |
| 1955 | 245 | — | — | #471 |
| 1954 | 193 | — | — | #524 |
| 1953 | 164 | — | — | #552 |
| 1952 | 178 | — | — | #526 |
| 1951 | 165 | — | — | #530 |
| 1950 | 160 | — | — | #537 |
| 1949 | 183 | — | — | #491 |
| 1948 | 129 | — | — | #590 |
| 1947 | 141 | — | — | #570 |
| 1946 | 113 | — | — | #608 |
| 1945 | 97 | — | — | #615 |
| 1944 | 104 | — | — | #602 |
| 1943 | 95 | — | — | #659 |
| 1942 | 111 | — | — | #596 |
| 1941 | 93 | — | — | #633 |
| 1940 | 90 | — | — | #628 |
| 1939 | 101 | — | — | #571 |
| 1938 | 71 | — | — | #727 |
| 1937 | 92 | — | — | #608 |
| 1936 | 101 | — | — | #575 |
| 1935 | 80 | — | — | #666 |
| 1934 | 106 | — | — | #575 |
| 1933 | 102 | — | — | #571 |
| 1932 | 111 | — | — | #562 |
| 1931 | 94 | — | — | #614 |
| 1930 | 90 | — | — | #647 |
| 1929 | 74 | — | — | #731 |
| 1928 | 118 | — | — | #563 |
| 1927 | 117 | — | — | #572 |
| 1926 | 105 | — | — | #613 |
| 1925 | 109 | — | — | #606 |
| 1924 | 114 | — | — | #596 |
| 1923 | 129 | — | — | #541 |
| 1922 | 124 | — | — | #572 |
| 1921 | 125 | — | — | #564 |
| 1920 | 128 | — | — | #544 |
| 1919 | 139 | — | — | #506 |
| 1918 | 118 | — | — | #553 |
| 1917 | 122 | — | — | #523 |
| 1916 | 99 | — | — | #584 |
| 1915 | 136 | — | — | #473 |
| 1914 | 87 | — | — | #530 |
| 1913 | 78 | — | — | #492 |
| 1912 | 60 | — | — | #508 |
| 1911 | 43 | — | — | #449 |
| 1910 | 44 | — | — | #401 |
| 1909 | 28 | — | — | #493 |
| 1908 | 29 | — | — | #460 |
| 1907 | 26 | — | — | #460 |
| 1906 | 27 | — | — | #427 |
| 1905 | 18 | — | — | #557 |
| 1904 | 19 | — | — | #502 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | — | #459 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | — | #530 |
| 1901 | 22 | — | — | #400 |
| 1900 | 36 | — | — | #371 |
| 1899 | 24 | — | — | #380 |
| 1898 | 39 | — | — | #299 |
| 1897 | 29 | — | — | #348 |
| 1896 | 30 | — | — | #354 |
| 1895 | 29 | — | — | #343 |
| 1894 | 24 | — | — | #383 |
| 1893 | 23 | — | — | #377 |
| 1892 | 41 | — | — | #285 |
| 1891 | 24 | — | — | #354 |
| 1890 | 24 | — | — | #365 |
| 1889 | 33 | — | — | #300 |
| 1888 | 50 | — | — | #247 |
| 1887 | 41 | — | — | #247 |
| 1886 | 55 | — | — | #229 |
| 1885 | 43 | — | — | #254 |
| 1884 | 41 | — | — | #266 |
| 1883 | 55 | — | — | #202 |
| 1882 | 50 | — | — | #236 |
| 1881 | 40 | — | — | #249 |
| 1880 | 57 | — | — | #212 |