How Many People Are Named Josh?
people named Josh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,964 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,288 babies named Josh in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
531 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of JOSHUA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Josh in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Josh alive today is about 37 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Josh first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1979, to 531 babies. In 2025, 96 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Josh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #300, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,703.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,703 |
| Best rank | #300 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #398 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Josh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Josh were born in California than in any other state: about 1,764 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Josh was given 1.8 times as often in Florida, 1.7 times in Georgia and 1.7 times in Louisiana.
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