Jeshua

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,048
2005 · 158 births
Debut · boys
1973
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,623
since 1973

Jeshua over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jeshua has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,048, 2005boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,57251
2024—#2,44456
2023—#2,66049
2022—#3,34435
2021—#4,01126
2020—#3,02538
2019—#3,20136
2018—#2,47252
2017—#2,18661
2016—#1,93675
2015—#2,23460
2014—#1,65793
2013—#1,76382
2012—#1,67691
2011—#1,377121
2010—#1,408118
2009—#1,278137
2008—#1,233141
2007—#1,102165
2006—#1,172144
2005—#1,048158
2004—#1,067150
2003—#3,18629
2002—#2,55638
2001#15,3525#3,51224
2000—#2,37940
1999—#2,66532
1998—#3,09225
1997—#2,68029
1996—#2,53530
1995—#2,34633
1994—#2,34733
1993—#2,50929
1992—#2,99922
1991—#2,54427
1990—#3,30918
1989—#2,46926
1988—#2,43724
1987—#2,46822
1986—#2,42922
1985—#3,21614
1984—#2,70617
1983—#2,34121
1982—#2,97215
1981—#2,77916
1980—#3,61511
1979—#2,77716
1978—#2,79915
1977—#3,03713
1976—#3,47110
1975—#3,42810
1974—#3,12011
1973—#2,85712
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Jeshua! It came in at #2,857, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1973–1978, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.

Where Jeshua is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,998 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedHITexas: #1,760 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,450 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Jeshua, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,760 · 1 in 19,450
  2. California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068

Best ever in a state: #489 in Oregon, 2005.

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See more about Jeshua
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 128 spots since 2024 (#2,444 → #2,572)
  • 453 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,572)
  • 338 spots since 2015 (#2,234 → #2,572)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2005 at #1,048 (158 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,578
  • Highest: 1 in 12,578 boys born in 2007 were named Jeshua (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,492 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,048 in 2005, was only 1 in 12,641 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 39.1% of all boys named Jeshua (1,026) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s87#2,777 (1979)#3,070
1980s188#2,341 (1983)#2,743
1990s278#2,346 (1995)#2,703
2000s1,026#1,048 (2005)#1,853
2010s789#1,377 (2011)#1,991
2020s255#2,444 (2024)#3,009

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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