Joushua is a very rare variant of Joshua that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Joushua is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Joushua first appears in 1979 and peaked in 1989 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #9,677 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #7,190 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #7,610 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | #4,401 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,777 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,631 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #4,201 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #5,253 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,765 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,842 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,859 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,739 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #5,104 |