Josh

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Josh is a masculine given name. It is frequently a diminutive of the given name Joshua and historically a diminutive of Josiah but has been used independently as a given name. The diminutive has been in use since the 19th century. It may refer to:

From Wikipedia

Josh first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 93 babies (rank #272 that year). In 2024 it was given to 37 boys (rank #733). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Josh

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Josh yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,908
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
93
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199138#484
199240#484
199322#717
199436#489
199535#538
199654#408
199739#506
199846#445
199935#538
200050#424
200168#343
200270#326
200393#272
200486#289
200593#287
200687#319
200772#395
200884#360
200968#426
201068#428
201156#489
201270#410
201372#406
201459#495
201563#466
201651#548
201769#432
201850#553
201945#609
202034#745
202146#613
202237#713
202335#733
202437#733