Popularity in the United States (by decade)
Numbers
| Joshua (feminine) | Joshua (masculine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2020 | - | - | #57 | 0.293 | ||
| 2010 | - | - | #23 | 0.528 | ||
| 2000 | - | - | #3 | 1.091 | ||
| 1990 | #1659 | 0.005 | #4 | 1.601 | ||
| 1980 | #700 | 0.014 | #4 | 2.061 | ||
| 1970 | #1372 | 0.005 | #24 | 0.820 | ||
| 1960 | - | - | #336 | 0.027 | ||
| 1950 | - | - | #497 | 0.011 | ||
| 1940 | - | - | #593 | 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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