Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Josh” in the USA?

Number of people named “Josh” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Josh” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Josh” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Josh” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Josh” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Josh” by birth year

This chart shows how “Josh” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 31 0.000153858 31 -100%
1881 22 0.000114174 22 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 -100%
1884 27 0.000110901 27 -100%
1885 23 0.000095494 23 -100%
1886 29 0.000113585 29 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 24 0.000080141 24 -100%
1889 22 0.000076139 22 -100%
1890 24 0.000079628 24 -100%
1891 19 0.000066278 19 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 -100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 -100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 -100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 -100%
1897 21 0.000060526 21 -100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 -100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 -100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 -100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 -100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 -100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 -100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 -100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 -100%
1906 13 0.000030342 13 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 26 0.000053208 26 -100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 -100%
1910 23 0.000038936 23 -100%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 -100%
1912 39 0.000039471 39 -100%
1913 37 0.000032539 37 -100%
1914 39 0.000027536 39 -100%
1915 40 0.000021829 40 -100%
1916 55 0.000028432 55 -100%
1917 42 0.000020929 42 -100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 -100%
1919 41 0.000019429 41 -100%
1920 45 0.000019888 45 -100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 50 0.000021842 50 -100%
1923 49 0.000021281 49 -100%
1924 47 0.000019735 47 -100%
1925 45 0.000019286 45 -100%
1926 46 0.000020036 46 -100%
1927 41 0.000017677 41 -100%
1928 44 0.000019461 44 -100%
1929 36 0.000016422 36 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 40 0.000018946 40 -100%
1933 30 0.000015004 30 -100%
1934 39 0.000018779 39 -100%
1935 34 0.000016269 34 -100%
1936 44 0.000021179 44 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 -100%
1939 32 0.000014523 32 -100%
1940 31 0.000013463 31 -100%
1941 31 0.000012724 31 -100%
1942 31 0.000011348 31 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 35 0.000013011 35 -100%
1945 34 0.000012816 34 -100%
1946 43 0.000013457 43 -100%
1947 40 0.000011104 40 -100%
1948 45 0.000013034 45 -100%
1949 46 0.0000132 46 -100%
1950 40 0.000011418 40 -100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 -100%
1952 54 0.000014218 54 -100%
1953 58 0.000015051 58 -100%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 -100%
1955 50 0.000012453 50 -100%
1956 53 0.000012855 53 -100%
1957 53 0.000012613 53 -100%
1958 69 0.000016691 69 -100%
1959 128 0.000030784 128 -100%
1960 129 0.000031056 129 -100%
1961 132 0.000031866 132 -100%
1962 102 0.000025276 102 -100%
1963 115 0.000029054 115 -100%
1964 95 0.000024437 95 -100%
1965 105 0.000028962 105 -100%
1966 101 0.000029059 101 -100%
1967 105 0.000030929 105 -100%
1968 135 0.00003996 135 -100%
1969 193 0.000055534 193 -100%
1970 248 0.000068764 248 -100%
1971 325 0.000094687 325 -100%
1972 356 0.000113268 356 -100%
1973 401 0.000132918 401 -100%
1974 493 0.000162171 493 -100%
1975 456 0.000151024 456 -100%
1976 387 0.000127542 387 -100%
1977 383 0.000120573 383 -100%
1978 432 0.000136111 432 -100%
1979 531 0.000159603 531 -100%
1980 460 0.000133546 460 -100%
1981 348 0.000100596 348 -100%
1982 298 0.00008495 298 -100%
1983 299 0.000086333 299 -100%
1984 259 0.000074239 259 -100%
1985 248 0.000069485 248 -100%
1986 220 0.000061849 220 -100%
1987 233 0.000064621 233 -100%
1988 240 0.000064952 240 -100%
1989 214 0.000055665 214 -100%
1990 212 0.000053637 212 -100%
1991 181 0.000046467 181 -100%
1992 181 0.00004712 181 -100%
1993 186 0.000049333 186 -100%
1994 169 0.000045459 169 -100%
1995 183 0.000049971 183 -100%
1996 166 0.000045514 166 -100%
1997 189 0.000052127 189 -100%
1998 166 0.000045131 166 -100%
1999 194 0.000052519 194 -100%
2000 195 0.000051589 195 -100%
2001 246 0.000065716 246 -100%
2002 274 0.000073296 274 -100%
2003 273 0.000071798 273 -100%
2004 308 0.000080609 308 -100%
2005 266 0.000069184 266 -100%
2006 302 0.000076336 302 -100%
2007 316 0.000079046 316 -100%
2008 271 0.000068945 271 -100%
2009 205 0.000053662 205 -100%
2010 178 0.000048164 178 -100%
2011 179 0.000048937 179 -100%
2012 167 0.000045661 167 -100%
2013 151 0.000041419 151 -100%
2014 166 0.000044788 166 -100%
2015 123 0.000033235 123 -100%
2016 108 0.000029438 108 -100%
2017 129 0.000036072 129 -100%
2018 113 0.00003214 113 -100%
2019 103 0.000029675 103 -100%
2020 94 0.000028139 94 -100%
2021 100 0.000029516 100 -100%
2022 94 0.000027785 94 -100%
2023 89 0.000026879 89 -100%
2024 95 0.000028541 95 -100%

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