Jashua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JASH-oo-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jashua is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jashua mean?
Hebrew: variant of Joshua
“God is salvation”
A variant of Joshua, Moses' successor who led the Israelites into Canaan.
Is Jashua a girl's or a boy's name?
Jashua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jashua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jashua, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 73 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Jashua than any year since 1972.
Half of all the boys named Jashua in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jashua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,768 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 46 | #1,799 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,369 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,122 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,146 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 45 | #1,411 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Nicknames for Jashua
- Josh 68 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jashua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Joshua Mustafa Muhammad Musa Yehuda Abdullah Ahmad Amir Avraham Hamza Samir
Names related to Jashua
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jashua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jashua, updated 20 October 2026.