Josh

#1,699 for boys in 2025, 96 births

Peak · boys
#299
1880 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1880
31 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,288
since 1880

Josh over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Josh has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #299, 1880boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,69996
2024#1,73595
2023#1,80389
2022#1,76094
2021#1,658100
2020#1,67994
2019#1,606103
2018#1,513113
2017#1,373129
2016#1,539108
2015#1,396123
2014#1,143166
2013#1,180152
2012#1,109167
2011#1,050180
2010#1,082178
2009#973205
2008#809271
2007#724316
2006#715302
2005#751266
2004#663308
2003#698273
2002#676274
2001#714246
2000#821195
1999#790194
1998#871166
1997#782189
1996#844166
1995#793183
1994#814169
1993#767186
1992#775181
1991#759181
1990#700212
1989#684213
1988#611240
1987#593233
1986#600220
1985#559248
1984#534259
1983#487299
1982#492298
1981#442347
1980#371461
1979#339531
1978#371431
1977#399383
1976#393387
1975#361456
1974#345493
1973#386401
1972#420356
1971#449325
1970#510248
1969#563193
1968#649135
1967#723105
1966#734101
1965#724105
1964#77495
1963#730115
1962#758102
1961#674132
1960#691129
1959#674128
1958#90769
1957#1,04153
1956#1,03253
1955#1,06650
1954#1,04551
1953#93958
1952#96854
1951#1,12341
1950#1,13939
1949#1,02946
1948#1,04745
1947#1,14840
1946#1,04543
1945#1,12234
1944#1,12035
1943#1,39925
1942#1,24431
1941#1,18731
1940#1,20831
1939#1,14132
1938#1,12533
1937#1,03138
1936#92444
1935#1,12334
1934#1,03839
1933#1,20230
1932#1,05640
1931#1,25330
1930#1,36828
1929#1,15436
1928#1,04144
1927#1,11241
1926#1,01846
1925#1,02245
1924#1,03247
1923#99249
1922#99950
1921#1,19936
1920#1,03545
1919#1,06341
1918#94949
1917#1,00342
1916#84055
1915#99640
1914#87039
1913#77737
1912#68139
1911#54830
1910#59823
1909#57421
1908#48926
1907#55919
1906#67413
1905#57417
1904#51518
1903#45121
1902#52117
1901#45318
1900#45525
1899#45717
1898#41822
1897#41121
1896#40723
1895#35827
1894#46418
1893#45916
1892#40422
1891#39719
1890#35824
1889#37922
1888#37724
1887#43815
1886#31729
1885#36423
1884#33627
1883#31827
1882#48914
1881#34822
1880#29931
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Josh was already there! It came in at #299, and was given to 31 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1904–1907, when fewer than 20 boys a year got the name.

See more about Josh
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,699)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#1,679 → #1,699)
  • 303 spots since 2015 (#1,396 → #1,699)
  • Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1959 (#907 → #674)
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 2009 (#809 → #973)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #299 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1958–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,189
  • Highest: 1 in 3,189 boys born in 1974 were named Josh (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,792 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #299 in 1880, was only 1 in 3,564 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 23.2% of all boys named Josh (4,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#299 (1880)#367
1890s209#358 (1895)#413
1900s195#451 (1903)#527
1910s395#548 (1911)#833
1920s439#992 (1923)#1,060
1930s348#924 (1936)#1,126
1940s361#1,029 (1949)#1,155
1950s596#674 (1959)#993
1960s1,212#563 (1969)#702
1970s4,011#339 (1979)#397
1980s2,818#371 (1980)#537
1990s1,827#700 (1990)#790
2000s2,656#663 (2004)#754
2010s1,419#1,050 (2011)#1,299
2020s568#1,658 (2021)#1,722

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.

Josh in 2017

boys
#1,373
129 births · 1 in 14,348 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,373Josh129
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 14,348 of them was named Josh, which outranked 90.4% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Josh
  1. #1,365Niam130
  2. #1,365Pierson130
  3. #1,365Rome130
  4. #1,373Josh129
  5. #1,373Isa129
  6. #1,373Mikah129
  7. #1,373Phineas129
  8. #1,378Benaiah128
  9. #1,378Cassian128
  10. #1,378Kion128

Tied with 4 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →