Yoshua
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-shoo-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Yoshua is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Yoshua mean?
Hebrew: variant of Joshua (Yehoshua)
“God is salvation”
Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan after the death of Moses.
Is Yoshua a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoshua is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yoshua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 98% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Yoshua, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had the most boys named Yoshua of any year since it first appeared, in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Yoshua in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yoshua in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
Names like Yoshua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yitzchok Tru Dakota Yeshua Mikko Yug Yakov Yuri Kairo Kota Yehoshua Yusuf
Names related to Yoshua
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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, “Yoshua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoshua, updated 20 October 2026.