Yeshua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-SHOO-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,005 for boys
Yeshua 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 1,005th for boys in the US (225 babies).
What does Yeshua mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew and Aramaic form of Joshua
“God is salvation”
A Hebrew and Aramaic form of Joshua, generally taken to be the original form of the name Jesus.
Is Yeshua a girl's or a boy's name?
Yeshua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 225 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yeshua 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 Yeshua, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Yeshua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Yeshua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,005among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 225about 1 in 7,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 225 boys in the US were named Yeshua, making it the 1,005th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,518th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 229 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Yeshua in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yeshua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 225 | #1,005 |
| 2024 | 229 | #983 |
| 2023 | 171 | #1,185 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,642 |
| 2021 | 96 | #1,700 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,518 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,507 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,593 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,248 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,444 |
| 2014 | 145 | #1,245 |
| 2013 | 137 | #1,269 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,285 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,587 |
| 2010 | 98 | #1,599 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,912 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 71 | #1,810 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Yeshua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Musa Zakariya Yunus Ibrahim Yahya Muhammad Eesa Mustafa Kairo Yaqub Hamza
Names related to Yeshua
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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, “Yeshua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yeshua, updated 20 October 2026.