Meaning and history
Yeshua is a contracted form of Yehoshuaʿ, used in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible. It was also used in Aramaic and was likely the name rendered as Greek Iesous in the New Testament, making it probably the historical name of Jesus.
20062006: 66 births, rank #2,010
2007: 74 births, rank #1,912
2008: 65 births, rank #2,104
2009: 76 births, rank #1,889
2010: 98 births, rank #1,599
20112011: 97 births, rank #1,587
2012: 136 births, rank #1,285
2013: 137 births, rank #1,269
2014: 145 births, rank #1,245
2015: 117 births, rank #1,444
20162016: 148 births, rank #1,248
2017: 142 births, rank #1,276
2018: 103 births, rank #1,593
2019: 113 births, rank #1,507
2020: 110 births, rank #1,518
20212021: 96 births, rank #1,700
2022: 105 births, rank #1,642
2023: 171 births, rank #1,185
2024: 229 births, rank #983
20252025: 225 births, rank #1,005
In 2025, 225 babies were recorded with the name Yeshua, ranking #1,005 among boys.