Jeshua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JESH-oo-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Jeshua is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Jeshua mean?
Hebrew: form of Yeshua, related to Joshua
“God is salvation”
Jeshua is the King James Version spelling for the high priest who returns from exile with Zerubbabel in Ezra.
Is Jeshua a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeshua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeshua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Jeshua, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jeshua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
How popular is Jeshua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Jeshua, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 165 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Jeshua in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeshua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 75 | #1,936 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,234 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 91 | #1,675 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 118 | #1,408 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,278 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,233 |
| 2007 | 165 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 144 | #1,172 |
| 2005 | 158 | #1,047 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,066 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
Names like Jeshua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim Musa Joshua Muhammad Yusuf Zakariya Mustafa Yahya Jonah Josiah Elijah Hamza
Names related to Jeshua
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jeshua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeshua, updated 20 October 2026.