Popularity in England and Wales
Numbers
| Joshua (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2022 | #35 | 0.476 | |
| 2021 | #31 | 0.543 | |
| 2020 | #23 | 0.632 | |
| 2019 | #20 | 0.744 | |
| 2018 | #17 | 0.866 | |
| 2017 | #15 | 0.910 | |
| 2016 | #16 | 0.979 | |
| 2015 | #16 | 0.948 | |
| 2014 | #13 | 1.068 | |
| 2013 | #12 | 1.109 | |
| 2012 | #11 | 1.187 | |
| 2011 | #9 | 1.290 | |
| 2010 | #8 | 1.406 | |
| 2009 | #5 | 1.526 | |
| 2008 | #5 | 1.575 | |
| 2007 | #4 | 1.703 | |
| 2006 | #3 | 1.904 | |
| 2005 | #2 | 2.168 | |
| 2004 | #2 | 2.383 | |
| 2003 | #2 | 2.572 | |
| 2002 | #2 | 2.669 | |
| 2001 | #3 | 2.358 | |
| 2000 | #4 | 2.292 | |
| 1999 | #4 | 2.279 | |
| 1998 | #5 | 2.354 | |
| 1997 | #5 | 2.336 | |
| 1996 | #5 | 2.365 | |
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