Joshua
For 2025 the count puts Joshua at #66 nationwide, keeping its place without fuss. First recorded 1880, best year 1989, 1,248,929 bearers across the whole run.
What Joshua carries
Joshua · Hebrew
“the Lord is salvation”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Joshua’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Joshua, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Joshua since 1880
Joshua peaked in 1989 at #4; #66 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Joshua is most common
The state that gives Joshua most often, per boys born there, is District of Columbia (0.87% in 2025); Delaware and Maryland are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Joshua
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jose
#95 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jordan
#131 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jesse
#184 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathan
#63 in 2025 · Hebrew
Caleb
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Hannah
#56 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Joshua
How popular is the name Joshua?
For 2025 the count puts Joshua at #66 nationwide, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Joshua have a meaning on record?
“the Lord is salvation” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Joshua?
Nearest by the published recipe: Jose, Jacob and Jordan. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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