Yehoshua

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yehoshua: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yehoshua: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,254 in 2002, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2254highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#3208
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2009	#2544
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2014	#3895
2015	#3373
2017	#3449
2018	#3011
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yehoshua by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yehoshua in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	40	10 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yehoshua appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2254 in England and Wales in 2002.

Yehoshua's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,254, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Angelos · #2254, 19y
Calen · #2254, 18y
Fadi · #2254, 18y
Naftali · #2254, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Angelos · #2254, 19y
Baron · #2254, 16y
Calen · #2254, 18y
Kweku · #2254, 11y

Yehoshua and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yehoshua without appearing here.

Yehoshua moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2544 and #4527.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3848 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Yehoshua

Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3011 and #2693.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #3373.

Moved the same way as Yehoshua

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yehoshua went from #2254 to #3254 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2254 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yehoshua

Yehoshua at a glance

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Popularity journey

Yehoshua by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yehoshua at a glance

Yehoshua by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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