Iosua

maleStatistical record

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

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

Iosua: Recorded every year since 2009, it reached #506 in 2019, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#506highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#3744
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#2459
2015	#4747
2016	#2335
2017	#1546
2018	#1284
2019	#1189
2020	#1019
2021	#1516
2022	#1224
2023	#2007
2024	#1322

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

In 2019: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1189 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #3744 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2019
Highest recorded position: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2010–2019).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Iosua appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2009, and has registered 187 births with the name.

Iosua across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Iosua's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3744 (2009)	#1019 (2020)	#1322 (2024)	15 of 16	187 (2009–2024)	27 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#506 (2019)	#506 (2019)	4 of 10	16 (2010–2019)	6 (2019)

Iosua 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 Iosua in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	87	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	96	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Iosua appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Iosua'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #506, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Iori · #2104, 19y
Iosif · #414, 19y
Ipek · #2701, 14y
Iqbal · #1174, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Beni · #506, 17y
Chesney · #506, 13y
Eghosa · #506, 12y
Olivers · #506, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Beni · #506, 17y
Olivers · #506, 17y
Oluwaferanmi · #506, 22y
Wisdom · #506, 22y

Iosua was ranked #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Iosua 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 Iosua without appearing here.

Iosua moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Erin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1546 and #4812.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1546 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.

Moved the opposite way to Iosua

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 while Aaron went from #54 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 while Alan went from #193 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 while Alex went from #50 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Iosua

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 and Albie from #291 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 and Alfred from #146 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iosua went from #3744 to #1322 and Archie from #20 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Iosua

Iosua at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Iosua across 2 official records

Iosua by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Iosua appears in

Popularity data

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Iosua at a glance

Iosua across 2 official records

Iosua by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Iosua appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Iosua

Iosua and the names beside it

Iosua moved ahead of

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