Yehoshua
Masculine · “the Lord is salvation”
Yehoshua is the Hebrew behind both Joshua and Jesus — the Lord is salvation, one of the few names to have traveled into English twice by different roads.
How old is the name Yehoshua?
Yehoshua first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Yehoshua alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,400 people named Yehoshua are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yehoshua most popular?
Yehoshua peaked in 2019, reaching #1678 nationally. Today it ranks #1753, 75 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yehoshua to Yehoshua
The story of Yehoshua
Joshua succeeds Moses and leads Israel across the Jordan; the book bearing his name follows the Torah. Yehoshua is the full Hebrew form and remains standard in Israel and Orthodox communities. It appears in the American registers and is in current use, chiefly among Jewish families.
Meaning
the Lord is salvation
From the Hebrew Yehoshua — Yeho, a form of the divine name, and yasha, 'to save'. It shortened to Yeshua, which Greek rendered Iesous and Latin Iesus. Joshua came into English from the Hebrew, Jesus from the Greek — the same name arriving twice. The reading is undisputed.
How the name formed
- Yehoshua
- Yeshua
- Joshua
Related forms: יהושע · Joshua · Yeshua
Pronouncing Yehoshua
yeh-hoh-SHOO-ah
Four syllables, stress on the third. English Joshua is JOSH-oo-uh with three.
Nicknames for Yehoshua
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 201995 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1678reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +29.6%92 in 2025, from 71
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yehoshua in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- יהושע in Hebrew — transliteration
- Joshua in English — related form
- Yeshua in Aramaic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New Jersey, New York, California.
Yehoshuas among us
people named Yehoshua are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 18,566 born in 2025 was named Yehoshua
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Terran test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yehoshua's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Terran climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Terran's path sketches the road Yehoshua is walking now.
Yehoshua sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Yehoshua is headed
Yehoshua should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yehoshua beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yehoshua in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement and is undisputed.
- The double arrival in English as Joshua and Jesus is genuinely remarkable.
- Josh is available as a completely ordinary English short form.
- Four syllables and an unfamiliar spelling will need dictating.
- Joshua is the form English speakers will assume.
- It reads as specifically Hebrew and observant.
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Masculine · #1753 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Yehoshuas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Yehoshua are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yehoshua in 2025?
- Yehoshua ranks #1753 among US boy names in 2025, with 92 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yehoshua?
- About 1 in every 18,566 US boys born in 2025 was named Yehoshua — 92 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yehoshua with classmates?
- Yehoshua will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yehoshua
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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