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Yehoshua

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~2,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,753 among boys
Births in 2025
92 2,442 since 1880
Typical age
15 years, median

Yehoshua popularity over time

Yehoshua rank by birth year, 1970–2025Yehoshua ranked #3,836 in 1970 and #1,753 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,678, in 2019.#1,753197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1970–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Yehoshua in 2019 than in any other year — 95 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1970. As of 2025 the name sits at #1,753, with 92 births that year.

Compared with 2015, births are up 24%. Year on year the rank improved by 345.

Babies named Yehoshua per yearPeaks at 95 births in 2019.95 in 20190197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Yehoshua?

About 2,400 people named Yehoshua are alive in the United States today. That is out of 2,442 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Yehoshua?

The typical living Yehoshua is 15 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Yehoshua a current name.

Your Yehoshua

Ages of living people named YehoshuaHalf of living Yehoshuas are older than 15 and half younger.median 1502040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Yehoshua is most common

Yehoshua is 18.9× as common in New Jersey as it is nationally.

Where Yehoshua is used more than average2 states use the name Yehoshua more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 6.7× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 18.9× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Yehoshua is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 336 18.9×
New York 271 6.7×

Yehoshua in England and Wales

ONS recorded 8 births named Yehoshua in 2025, ranking it #2,664. That is 2.0× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Yehoshua

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Yehoshua Kenaz Israeli writer, literary editor and translator 1937–2020 19
Yehoshua Feigenbaum Israeli footballer 1947 18
Yehoshua Hankin Zionist activist 1864–1945 15
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist 1915–1975 13
Yehoshua Glazer Israeli footballer 1927–2018 12
Yehoshua Blau Israeli linguist of Semitic languages 1919–2020 12
Yehoshua Rabinovitz Israeli politician 1911–1979 10
Yehoshua Leib Diskin Lithuanian rabbi 1818–1898 8
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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