Popularity in the United States (by decade)
Numbers
| Joshua (masculine) | Joshua (feminine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2020 | #56 | 0.309 | - | - | ||
| 2010 | #23 | 0.528 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | #3 | 1.091 | - | - | ||
| 1990 | #4 | 1.601 | #1659 | 0.005 | ||
| 1980 | #4 | 2.061 | #700 | 0.014 | ||
| 1970 | #24 | 0.820 | #1372 | 0.005 | ||
| 1960 | #336 | 0.027 | - | - | ||
| 1950 | #497 | 0.011 | - | - | ||
| 1940 | #592 | 0.008 | - | - | ||
| 1930 | #601 | 0.009 | - | - | ||
| 1920 | #585 | 0.010 | - | - | ||
| 1910 | #512 | 0.013 | - | - | ||
| 1900 | #446 | 0.017 | - | - | ||
| 1890 | #342 | 0.023 | - | - | ||
| 1880 | #241 | 0.040 | - | - | ||
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