How Many People Are Named Josue?
people named Josue are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,047 people in the US has this name
Based on 57,874 babies named Josue in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,272 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of JOSHUA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Josue (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Josue alive today is about 20 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Josue first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 2007, to 2,272 babies. In 2025, 1,026 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Josue has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #181, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #330.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #330 |
| Best rank | #181 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #204 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Josue alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Josue were born in California than in any other state: about 15,228 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Josue was given 2.1 times as often in Texas, 2 times in California and 1.7 times in District of Columbia.
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