How rare is the name Josue?

60,561 people in the United States have the first name Josue, about 1 in 4,987. It ranks #802 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOSUE

#802

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
60,561
About
1 in 4,987
This common or more
66.7%
Who bears it

Of the 60,561 people named Josue, 94.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% as Black and 2.2% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Josue peaked in 2007, when 2,272 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
2,272
In 2025*
1,026 ▼55%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 57,874 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Josue by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #391. The largest share of babies named Josue, 47%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#11,03215
1930s#6,44752
1940s#6,98649
1950s#4,533157
1960s#3,153354
1970s#1,5761,443
1980s#8614,562
1990s#52210,816
2000s#39118,364
2010s#46515,284
2020s#5936,778
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–803.4%
Millennials 1981–9619.7%
Generation Z 1997–1247%
2013 and later29.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Josue is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Josue has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Texas (2.8×), and California (2.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.08×).

56,146 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Josue

#800 Jacquelyn · 60,916#801 Delores · 60,887#803 Nevaeh · 60,298#804 Candice · 59,920

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Josue, most common first.

#16 Jose · 1,211,106#951 Josie · 46,382#9,870 Josua · 1,380#11,762 Josee · 1,077#13,943 Joshue · 854#18,083 Jossue · 600#43,957 Josse · 159

Also a last name

As a last name, Josue ranks #33,810 of 156,621, with 724 people. See Josue as a last name

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