Names / Boy names
Joshua
Current rank
#66
and easing
All-time peak
#3
in 2002
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
1.3 million
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3 in 2002 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Recorded as a boys' name, Joshua enters U.S. records in 1880. Its strongest year was 2002, at #3 nationally. Today it sits at #66 and is slowly cooling. Over 1.3 million have carried it since records began.