Joshua

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Joshua is a given name derived from the Hebrew ื™ึฐื”ื•ึนืฉึปืืขึทโ€Ž, prominently belonging to Joshua, an early Hebrew leader of the Exodus period who has a major role in several books of the Bible.

From Wikipedia

Joshua first appears in the data in 1966 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 253 babies (rank #67 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Joshua

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

4,880
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
253
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
19661#1,094
19671#1,121
19681#1,142
19693#913
19703#908
19723#913
197317#463
197416#485
197511#579
197613#537
197723#396
197816#494
197919#457
198021#444
198141#307
198239#323
198329#370
198437#331
198538#339
198662#250
198767#238
198863#251
198980#209
1990101#179
1991109#175
1992105#183
1993138#148
1994153#135
1995148#137
1996159#129
1997168#117
1998154#137
1999193#107
2000182#111
2001153#138
2002178#117
2003215#94
2004180#106
2005172#109
2006173#103
2007177#93
2008183#96
2009203#88
2010253#67
2011216#75
2012197#79
2013197#79
2014169#96