Josha Popularity by Year
Follow Josha across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Josha birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 1,891 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Down 1,242 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Down 130 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Down 1,679 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Down 690 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 10 | #5,840 | Down 198 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 10 | #5,642 | Down 107 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 10 | #5,535 | Up 393 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 9 | #5,928 | Up 1,842 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 3,073 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 12 | #4,697 | Up 175 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 11 | #4,872 | Down 1,547 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 18 | #3,325 | Down 837 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 7 | #10,271 | Down 1,493 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 27 | #2,488 | Up 296 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 22 | #2,784 | Down 479 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 26 | #2,305 | Up 420 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 19 | #2,725 | Down 215 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 7 | #8,778 | Up 1,633 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 21 | #2,510 | Down 83 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 21 | #2,427 | Up 102 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 19 | #2,529 | Up 147 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 17 | #2,676 | Down 677 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 27 | #1,999 | Up 570 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 18 | #2,569 | Up 160 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 5 | #10,411 | Down 4,363 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 17 | #2,729 | Up 628 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 12 | #3,357 | Up 800 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Down 1,366 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 15 | #2,791 | Up 1,221 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 8 | #4,012 | Down 71 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 9 | #6,048 | — |
| 1975 | Boys | 8 | #3,941 | Up 1,286 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 722 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 6 | #4,505 | Up 481 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 79 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 5 | #4,907 | — |