Yehoshua

Boy's name · #1769 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Yehoshua reached its best rank, #1689, in 2019 and ranked #1769 in 2025. About 2,400 boys have carried it since 1970.

In recent years, Yehoshua ran 5–16× its national rate in New Jersey and New York.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

See how Yehoshua ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,928 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,693 in Canada (2024).

Yehoshua Kenaz — Israeli writer, literary editor and translator (1937–2020)
Yehoshua Feigenbaum — Israeli footballer
Yehoshua Hankin — Zionist activist
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel — Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist (1915–1975)
Yehoshua Glazer — Israeli footballer (1927–2018)

Among 90 notable people named Yehoshua:

Business leaders appear 4.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yehoshua Ben-Zion, Israeli banker.

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