How popular is “Joshua” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joshua” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Joshua” 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 “Joshua” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Joshua” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joshua” 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	57	0.000282901		57	-100%
1881	40	0.000207589		40	-100%
1882	50	0.0002257		50	-100%
1883	55	0.000253519		55	-100%
1884	41	0.000168405		41	-100%
1885	43	0.000178531		43	-100%
1886	55	0.000215419		55	-100%
1887	41	0.000165729		41	-100%
1888	50	0.000166959		50	-100%
1889	33	0.000114208		33	-100%
1890	24	0.000079628		24	-100%
1891	24	0.000083719		24	-100%
1892	41	0.000122617		41	-100%
1893	23	0.000070721		23	-100%
1894	24	0.000070861		24	-100%
1895	29	0.000082616		29	-100%
1896	30	0.00008392		30	-100%
1897	29	0.000083584		29	-100%
1898	39	0.00010224		39	-100%
1899	24	0.000070748		24	-100%
1900	36	0.000079954		36	-100%
1901	22	0.000063618		22	-100%
1902	17	0.000043958		17	-100%
1903	21	0.000055089		21	-100%
1904	19	0.00004709		19	-100%
1905	18	0.000042461		18	-100%
1906	27	0.000063018		27	-100%
1907	26	0.000055867		26	-100%
1908	29	0.000059347		29	-100%
1909	28	0.000054771		28	-100%
1910	44	0.000074487		44	-100%
1911	43	0.000066741		43	-100%
1912	60	0.000060725		60	-100%
1913	78	0.000068595		78	-100%
1914	87	0.000061426		87	-100%
1915	136	0.000074219		136	-100%
1916	99	0.000051178		99	-100%
1917	122	0.000060795		122	-100%
1918	118	0.00005435		118	-100%
1919	139	0.000065869		139	-100%
1920	128	0.000056571		128	-100%
1921	125	0.000053545		125	-100%
1922	124	0.000054168		124	-100%
1923	129	0.000056027		129	-100%
1924	114	0.000047867		114	-100%
1925	109	0.000046715		109	-100%
1926	105	0.000045734		105	-100%
1927	117	0.000050445		117	-100%
1928	118	0.000052191		118	-100%
1929	74	0.000033757		74	-100%
1930	90	0.000040481		90	-100%
1931	94	0.000044669		94	-100%
1932	111	0.000052574		111	-100%
1933	102	0.000051014		102	-100%
1934	106	0.00005104		106	-100%
1935	80	0.000038279		80	-100%
1936	101	0.000048614		101	-100%
1937	92	0.000043179		92	-100%
1938	71	0.000032089		71	-100%
1939	101	0.000045837		101	-100%
1940	90	0.000039085		90	-100%
1941	92	0.00003776		92	-100%
1942	111	0.000040632		111	-100%
1943	95	0.000033657		95	-100%
1944	104	0.000038661		104	-100%
1945	97	0.000036564		97	-100%
1946	113	0.000035364		113	-100%
1947	141	0.000039141		141	-100%
1948	130	0.000037654		130	-100%
1949	183	0.000052514		183	-100%
1950	161	0.000045956		161	-100%
1951	166	0.000045063		166	-100%
1952	178	0.000046867		178	-100%
1953	164	0.000042557		164	-100%
1954	193	0.000048484		193	-100%
1955	245	0.00006102		245	-100%
1956	239	0.000057967		239	-100%
1957	273	0.000064967		273	-100%
1958	276	0.000066765		276	-100%
1959	327	0.000078644		327	-100%
1960	314	0.000075593		314	-100%
1961	354	0.00008546		354	-100%
1962	335	0.000083016		335	-100%
1963	372	0.000093982		372	-100%
1964	389	0.000100062		389	-100%
1965	461	0.000127157		461	-100%
1966	486	0.00013983		486	-100%
1967	563	0.000165837		563	-100%
1968	736	0.000217854	5	731	-99%
1969	1329	0.000382411	8	1321	-99%
1970	2184	0.000605571	10	2174	-99%
1971	3666	0.001068071	17	3649	-99%
1972	5054	0.001608021	21	5033	-99%
1973	8096	0.002683561	38	8058	-99%
1974	11662	0.003836185	63	11599	-99%
1975	14658	0.004854617	92	14566	-99%
1976	16941	0.005583166	95	16846	-99%
1977	22182	0.006983171	113	22069	-99%
1978	25347	0.00798615	141	25206	-99%
1979	31336	0.009418695	211	31125	-99%
1980	36276	0.010531554	222	36054	-99%
1981	39267	0.011350894	240	39027	-99%
1982	38244	0.010902056	241	38003	-99%
1983	36920	0.010660233	232	36688	-99%
1984	40532	0.011617898	266	40266	-99%
1985	42474	0.011900445	276	42198	-99%
1986	37848	0.010640194	307	37541	-98%
1987	40276	0.011170358	272	40004	-99%
1988	42947	0.011622868	297	42650	-99%
1989	44307	0.011524934	208	44099	-99%
1990	43399	0.0109802	166	43233	-99%
1991	41367	0.010619816	141	41226	-99%
1992	36342	0.009460926	122	36220	-99%
1993	33703	0.008939127	114	33589	-99%
1994	31452	0.008460176	77	31375	-100%
1995	30782	0.008405433	62	30720	-100%
1996	29249	0.008019588	75	29174	-99%
1997	28349	0.007818799	61	28288	-100%
1998	28146	0.007652098	51	28095	-100%
1999	27326	0.007397668	62	27264	-100%
2000	27596	0.007300714	54	27542	-100%
2001	26072	0.00696481	48	26024	-100%
2002	26043	0.006966552	46	25997	-100%
2003	25148	0.006613859	45	25103	-100%
2004	24333	0.006368357	120	24213	-99%
2005	23304	0.006061103	43	23261	-100%
2006	22365	0.005653168	31	22334	-100%
2007	20706	0.0051795	39	20667	-100%
2008	19253	0.004898153	25	19228	-100%
2009	17692	0.004631201	24	17668	-100%
2010	15476	0.004187525	13	15463	-100%
2011	13821	0.003778509	25	13796	-100%
2012	12695	0.003471076	18	12677	-100%
2013	11868	0.003255371	13	11855	-100%
2014	10942	0.00295221	16	10926	-100%
2015	9865	0.002665559	18	9847	-100%
2016	9271	0.002527055	18	9253	-100%
2017	8356	0.002336562	12	8344	-100%
2018	7443	0.002116956		7443	-100%
2019	6635	0.00191159	10	6625	-100%
2020	6020	0.001802084	9	6011	-100%
2021	5524	0.001630485		5524	-100%
2022	5201	0.001537331	6	5195	-100%
2023	5070	0.001531169	6	5064	-100%
2024	5252	0.001577887	8	5244	-100%

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