Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Joshus” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joshus” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Joshus” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joshus” 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
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 -100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%

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