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 | 0.00025352 | 55 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 41 | 0.000168405 | 41 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 43 | 0.000178531 | 43 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 55 | 0.000215418 | 55 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 41 | 0.000165728 | 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 | 0.00004246 | 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 | 0.000074218 | 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 | 0.000056026 | 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 | 0.000052575 | 111 | -100% | |
| 1933 | 102 | 0.000051014 | 102 | -100% | |
| 1934 | 106 | 0.00005104 | 106 | -100% | |
| 1935 | 80 | 0.00003828 | 80 | -100% | |
| 1936 | 101 | 0.000048615 | 101 | -100% | |
| 1937 | 92 | 0.00004318 | 92 | -100% | |
| 1938 | 72 | 0.000032541 | 72 | -100% | |
| 1939 | 101 | 0.000045838 | 101 | -100% | |
| 1940 | 90 | 0.000039086 | 90 | -100% | |
| 1941 | 93 | 0.000038171 | 93 | -100% | |
| 1942 | 111 | 0.000040633 | 111 | -100% | |
| 1943 | 95 | 0.000033657 | 95 | -100% | |
| 1944 | 104 | 0.000038661 | 104 | -100% | |
| 1945 | 97 | 0.000036564 | 97 | -100% | |
| 1946 | 113 | 0.000035365 | 113 | -100% | |
| 1947 | 141 | 0.000039142 | 141 | -100% | |
| 1948 | 130 | 0.000037654 | 130 | -100% | |
| 1949 | 183 | 0.000052515 | 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 | 0.000061021 | 245 | -100% | |
| 1956 | 239 | 0.000057967 | 239 | -100% | |
| 1957 | 273 | 0.000064968 | 273 | -100% | |
| 1958 | 276 | 0.000066759 | 276 | -100% | |
| 1959 | 327 | 0.000078668 | 327 | -100% | |
| 1960 | 314 | 0.000075591 | 314 | -100% | |
| 1961 | 354 | 0.000085467 | 354 | -100% | |
| 1962 | 335 | 0.000083027 | 335 | -100% | |
| 1963 | 372 | 0.000093979 | 372 | -100% | |
| 1964 | 389 | 0.000100063 | 389 | -100% | |
| 1965 | 461 | 0.000127156 | 461 | -100% | |
| 1966 | 485 | 0.000139545 | 485 | -100% | |
| 1967 | 563 | 0.000165838 | 563 | -100% | |
| 1968 | 735 | 0.000217561 | 5 | 730 | -99% |
| 1969 | 1330 | 0.000382695 | 8 | 1322 | -99% |
| 1970 | 2183 | 0.000605296 | 10 | 2173 | -99% |
| 1971 | 3665 | 0.001067802 | 17 | 3648 | -99% |
| 1972 | 5054 | 0.001608009 | 21 | 5033 | -99% |
| 1973 | 8097 | 0.002683924 | 38 | 8059 | -99% |
| 1974 | 11662 | 0.003836184 | 63 | 11599 | -99% |
| 1975 | 14657 | 0.004854319 | 92 | 14565 | -99% |
| 1976 | 16943 | 0.005583803 | 95 | 16848 | -99% |
| 1977 | 22182 | 0.006983351 | 113 | 22069 | -99% |
| 1978 | 25345 | 0.007985645 | 141 | 25204 | -99% |
| 1979 | 31336 | 0.009418806 | 211 | 31125 | -99% |
| 1980 | 36277 | 0.010531893 | 222 | 36055 | -99% |
| 1981 | 39268 | 0.011351318 | 240 | 39028 | -99% |
| 1982 | 38245 | 0.010902407 | 241 | 38004 | -99% |
| 1983 | 36921 | 0.010660715 | 232 | 36689 | -99% |
| 1984 | 40535 | 0.011619087 | 266 | 40269 | -99% |
| 1985 | 42475 | 0.011901177 | 276 | 42199 | -99% |
| 1986 | 37848 | 0.010640589 | 307 | 37541 | -98% |
| 1987 | 40275 | 0.011170465 | 272 | 40003 | -99% |
| 1988 | 42948 | 0.011623712 | 297 | 42651 | -99% |
| 1989 | 44306 | 0.011525019 | 208 | 44098 | -99% |
| 1990 | 43396 | 0.010980083 | 166 | 43230 | -99% |
| 1991 | 41367 | 0.010620299 | 141 | 41226 | -99% |
| 1992 | 36340 | 0.00946088 | 122 | 36218 | -99% |
| 1993 | 33701 | 0.008938937 | 114 | 33587 | -99% |
| 1994 | 31451 | 0.008460299 | 77 | 31374 | -100% |
| 1995 | 30781 | 0.00840547 | 62 | 30719 | -100% |
| 1996 | 29248 | 0.008019646 | 75 | 29173 | -99% |
| 1997 | 28349 | 0.007819051 | 61 | 28288 | -100% |
| 1998 | 28146 | 0.007652346 | 51 | 28095 | -100% |
| 1999 | 27323 | 0.007397094 | 62 | 27261 | -100% |
| 2000 | 27594 | 0.007300403 | 54 | 27540 | -100% |
| 2001 | 26072 | 0.006965041 | 48 | 26024 | -100% |
| 2002 | 26043 | 0.006966847 | 46 | 25997 | -100% |
| 2003 | 25148 | 0.006614386 | 45 | 25103 | -100% |
| 2004 | 24331 | 0.006368316 | 120 | 24211 | -99% |
| 2005 | 23303 | 0.006061312 | 43 | 23260 | -100% |
| 2006 | 22365 | 0.005653731 | 31 | 22334 | -100% |
| 2007 | 20704 | 0.005179552 | 39 | 20665 | -100% |
| 2008 | 19250 | 0.004898097 | 25 | 19225 | -100% |
| 2009 | 17688 | 0.00463098 | 24 | 17664 | -100% |
| 2010 | 15474 | 0.004187656 | 13 | 15461 | -100% |
| 2011 | 13818 | 0.003778349 | 25 | 13793 | -100% |
| 2012 | 12692 | 0.003470939 | 18 | 12674 | -100% |
| 2013 | 11866 | 0.003255595 | 13 | 11853 | -100% |
| 2014 | 10941 | 0.002952705 | 16 | 10925 | -100% |
| 2015 | 9860 | 0.002664974 | 18 | 9842 | -100% |
| 2016 | 9264 | 0.002525956 | 18 | 9246 | -100% |
| 2017 | 8354 | 0.002336968 | 12 | 8342 | -100% |
| 2018 | 7435 | 0.002115732 | 7435 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 6631 | 0.001911617 | 10 | 6621 | -100% |
| 2020 | 6010 | 0.001800563 | 9 | 6001 | -100% |
| 2021 | 5513 | 0.001628806 | 5513 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 5193 | 0.001537022 | 6 | 5187 | -100% |
| 2023 | 5040 | 0.001528548 | 5 | 5035 | -100% |