Boy · #1699 in 2025
Josh
Josh: popularity and trends since 1880
- Rank
- #1699
- Born 2025
- 96
- Peak year
- 1974
Popularity, 1880–2025
per 100,000 boys born
Recent trend
Josh has held steady: its share of boys born has barely moved over the last 10 years. It now stands at 18% of its 1974 peak.
Sounds good with
Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.