Yehoshua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-hoh-SHOO-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,753 for boys
Yehoshua is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).
What does Yehoshua mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Joshua
“God is salvation”
The Hebrew form of Joshua, Moses' successor who led the Israelites into Canaan.
Is Yehoshua a girl's or a boy's name?
Yehoshua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yehoshua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Yehoshua, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Yehoshua of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Yehoshua in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Yehoshua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Yehoshua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,753rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 92 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Yehoshua, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 95 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Yehoshua in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yehoshua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #1,753 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,046 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 78 | #1,895 |
| 2019 | 95 | #1,678 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 83 | #1,809 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2015 | 74 | #1,955 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,035 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 2010 | 86 | #1,751 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 52 | #1,876 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
Names like Yehoshua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Yug, Yitzchok, Yoan, Yunus, Zakariya, Yakov, Mika, Kairo, Loki, Minh, Musa
Names related to Yehoshua
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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, “Yehoshua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yehoshua, updated 20 October 2026.