Yahshua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yah-SHOO-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Yahshua is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Yahshua mean?
Hebrew: form of Yeshua, the Hebrew name of Jesus
“God is salvation”
This spelling is used by some Sacred Name groups as the original Hebrew name of Jesus.
Is Yahshua a girl's or a boy's name?
Yahshua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yahshua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Yahshua, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer boys named Yahshua than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Yahshua in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yahshua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Yahshua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zamir Ibrahim Hamza Muhammad Asaiah Zahir Mustafa Zayd Yahir Abdullah Azaiah
Names related to Yahshua
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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, “Yahshua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yahshua, updated 20 October 2026.