boys' name ★ peaked 2007

Josue

Gender Boy Rank 2025 #330 Trend ↓ Falling 20%
Rank 2025
#330
among boys · ↓36 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,026
named Josue · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,665
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2007
2,272 babies
All-time total
57,874
#460 all-time among boys
First recorded
1924
in Social Security records

Josue popularity over time

57,874 babies have been named Josue since 1924, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – 15 15 2 – #2,855
1930s – 52 52 5 +247% #2,561
1940s – 49 49 5 -6% #2,340
1950s – 157 157 16 +220% #1,619
1960s – 354 354 35 +125% #1,078
1970s 6 1,437 1,443 144 +308% #535
1980s 52 4,510 4,562 456 +216% #335
1990s 77 10,739 10,816 1,082 +137% #245
2000s 42 18,322 18,364 1,836 +70% #181
2010s 8 15,276 15,284 1,528 -17% #184
2020s (to 2025) – 6,778 6,778 1,130 -26% #275

Where Josue is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 986 0.58 #339
2027 953 0.56 #343
2028 926 0.54 #355
2029 904 0.53 #363
2030 885 0.52 #365

Where Josue is most popular

Boys named Josue per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.642 per 1,000. Strongest in Maryland, Texas, and California.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Josue born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Maryland 173 1.45 +126%
Texas 1,157 1.31 +104%
California 976 1.07 +66%
Nebraska 45 1.03 +61%
District of Columbia 14 0.948 +48%
Virginia 168 0.885 +38%
Nevada 49 0.860 +34%
North Carolina 219 0.858 +34%
Alabama 92 0.842 +31%
New Jersey 169 0.839 +31%
Tennessee 144 0.798 +24%
Florida 373 0.788 +23%
Georgia 199 0.786 +22%
Arizona 124 0.758 +18%
Arkansas 44 0.695 +8%
Kansas 46 0.671 ≈ national
New York 281 0.649 ≈ national
Oklahoma 55 0.622 ≈ national
Rhode Island 10 0.613 ≈ national
Colorado 78 0.604 -6%
South Carolina 62 0.600 -7%
Massachusetts 80 0.582 -9%
Iowa 39 0.566 -12%
Washington 92 0.562 -12%
Connecticut 37 0.547 -15%
Oregon 40 0.527 -18%
Louisiana 52 0.508 -21%
Illinois 128 0.501 -22%
New Mexico 15 0.455 -29%
Minnesota 49 0.399 -38%
Indiana 64 0.399 -38%
Utah 37 0.388 -40%
Kentucky 35 0.349 -46%
Wisconsin 41 0.346 -46%
Pennsylvania 81 0.305 -53%
Ohio 75 0.283 -56%
South Dakota 5 0.269 -58%
Missouri 36 0.260 -60%
Michigan 42 0.205 -68%
Mississippi 6 0.106 -84%
Alaska – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Josue

Josue is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #330 in 2025 with 1,026 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1924, 57,874 American babies have been named Josue. Its peak came in 2007, when 2,272 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Josue stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Josue?

The median living Josue is about 19 years old; half are between 11 and 28. An estimated 57 thousand people named Josue are alive in the United States today.

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Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Josue year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 – – 1,026 #330
2024 – – 1,144 #294
2023 – – 1,125 #295
2022 – – 1,173 #290
2021 – – 1,079 #311
2020 – – 1,231 #275
2019 – – 1,402 #259
2018 – – 1,664 #226
2017 – – 1,538 #240
2016 – – 1,353 #271
2015 – – 1,348 #273
2014 – – 1,368 #268
2013 – – 1,454 #251
2012 – – 1,514 #237
2011 8 #12,707 1,639 #214
2010 – – 1,996 #184
2009 7 #14,384 1,975 #193
2008 – – 2,169 #183
2007 – – 2,272 #181
2006 9 #11,891 2,051 #193
2005 9 #11,327 1,951 #197
2004 – – 1,746 #208
2003 – – 1,674 #213
2002 5 #16,671 1,566 #220
2001 5 #16,533 1,565 #220
2000 7 #12,402 1,353 #247
1995 5 #14,423 1,088 #259
1990 9 #8,810 863 #292
1985 6 #9,851 419 #416
1980 5 #11,075 328 #466
1975 6 #8,427 159 #652
1970 – – 49 #1,186
1965 – – 35 #1,306
1960 – – 20 #1,840
1955 – – 9 #2,868
1950 – – 13 #2,151
1945 – – 6 #3,161
1940 – – 5 #3,705
1935 – – 6 #3,451
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Josue

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Josue Souza Santos Brazilian footballer b. 1987 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Josue, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Josue?

The median living Josue is about 19 years old. Half of all living Josues are between 11 and 28 years old.

How many people named Josue are alive today?

An estimated 57 thousand people named Josue are alive in the United States, based on 57,874 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Josue in 2025?

Josue ranked #330 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,026 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Josue?

57,874 babies have been named Josue in the United States since 1924, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Josue most popular?

Josue peaked in 2007, when 2,272 newborns received the name.

Is Josue a boy or girl name?

Josue is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Josue rising or falling?

Josue has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Josue become more popular?

Josue is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 885 boys named Josue in 2030, which would rank around #365. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Josue?

Well-known people named Josue include Josue Souza Santos (soccer player).

Names like Josue

Names that sound and feel close to Josue: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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