Meaning and history
A short form of Joshua.
20062006: 302 births, rank #715
2007: 316 births, rank #724
2008: 271 births, rank #809
2009: 205 births, rank #973
2010: 178 births, rank #1,082
20112011: 180 births, rank #1,050
2012: 167 births, rank #1,109
2013: 152 births, rank #1,180
2014: 166 births, rank #1,143
2015: 123 births, rank #1,396
20162016: 108 births, rank #1,539
2017: 129 births, rank #1,373
2018: 113 births, rank #1,513
2019: 103 births, rank #1,606
2020: 94 births, rank #1,679
20212021: 100 births, rank #1,658
2022: 94 births, rank #1,760
2023: 89 births, rank #1,803
2024: 95 births, rank #1,735
20252025: 96 births, rank #1,699
Josh moved from #810 to #976 for boys between 2008 and 2009. Its highest annual birth count came in 1979, with 531 births.