Josue

maleStatistical record

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

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

Josue: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,023 in 2007, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2023highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
1999	#2425
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#2578
2005	#2754
2007	#2023
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2015	#4747
2017	#3449
2018	#3959
2020	#3334
2022	#4789
2024	#5119

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 20 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2023 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Josue 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 Josue in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	40	8 of 10	5
2010s	30	7 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s 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 →

Josue 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2023 in England and Wales in 2007.

Josue'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,023, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

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Josue 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 Josue without appearing here.

Josue moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2578 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3589.
Malin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #4678.
Shannon Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #3822.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #3009.

Moved ahead of Josue

Gustav Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2023 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #1828.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1190.
Leif Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1746.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.

Moved the opposite way to Josue

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Josue

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josue went from #2419 to #5119 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2023 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Josue

Josue at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Josue by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Josue appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Josue at a glance

Josue by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Josue appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Josue and the names beside it

Josue moved ahead of

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