Josua Popularity by Year
Follow Josua across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Josua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 3,591 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 8 | #8,739 | Up 3,507 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 5 | #12,246 | Down 61 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 77 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Up 28 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 5 | #12,136 | Down 2,443 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 7 | #9,693 | Down 2,457 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 11 | #7,236 | Up 5,317 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 6,291 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Up 642 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 11 | #6,904 | Down 1,029 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 13 | #5,875 | Down 1,746 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 21 | #4,129 | Up 686 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 16 | #4,815 | Up 3,641 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Down 3,980 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 17 | #4,476 | Up 309 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 15 | #4,785 | Up 871 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 11 | #5,656 | Down 1,243 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 15 | #4,413 | Up 875 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 11 | #5,288 | Down 675 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 13 | #4,613 | Down 759 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 16 | #3,854 | Down 528 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 20 | #3,326 | Up 335 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 17 | #3,661 | Down 202 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 18 | #3,459 | Down 853 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 26 | #2,606 | Up 346 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 21 | #2,952 | Down 168 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 22 | #2,784 | Down 1,113 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 42 | #1,671 | Down 232 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 50 | #1,439 | Down 20 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 49 | #1,419 | Down 3 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 48 | #1,416 | Up 816 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 23 | #2,232 | Down 521 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 33 | #1,711 | Up 807 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 19 | #2,518 | Down 619 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 29 | #1,899 | Up 545 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 20 | #2,444 | Down 134 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 21 | #2,310 | Up 760 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 13 | #3,070 | Up 2,053 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 1,652 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 10 | #3,471 | Down 834 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 15 | #2,637 | Up 483 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 11 | #3,120 | Up 103 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 10 | #3,223 | Up 1,763 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 1,840 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 10 | #3,146 | — |