as a First Name
Meaning ‘God is salvation’ in Hebrew; it is borne in the Bible by the Israelite leader who took command of the Children of Israel after the death of Moses and led them, after many battles, to take possession of the Promised Land. The name, long favoured by Jews and Nonconformist Christians, enjoyed a great surge in popularity in the 1990s. Well-known bearers of the name include the American pianist and conductor Joshua Rifkin (b. 1944) and the American-born violinist Joshua Bell (b. 1967).
| 102nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 449,538
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 1,124,899
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Joshua per capita
- 1985
- marked the height of its popularity
0.25%
99.75%
0.18%
55+
55+
23%
30-54
30-54
42%
13-29
13-29
35%
0-12
0-12
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