# Josh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɑʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,288 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,288 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,197, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 180 | 1,052 |
| 2012 | 167 | 1,109 |
| 2013 | 152 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 166 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 123 | 1,401 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,543 |
| 2017 | 129 | 1,374 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1,515 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,609 |
| 2020 | 94 | 1,682 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,660 |
| 2022 | 94 | 1,765 |
| 2023 | 89 | 1,809 |
| 2024 | 95 | 1,744 |
| 2025 | 96 | 1,703 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 261 | 201 |
| 2012 | 204 | 243 |
| 2013 | 186 | 260 |
| 2014 | 185 | 264 |
| 2015 | 132 | 348 |
| 2016 | 137 | 343 |
| 2017 | 106 | 414 |
| 2018 | 90 | 454 |
| 2019 | 62 | 597 |
| 2020 | 74 | 509 |
| 2021 | 63 | 598 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 41 | 791 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 45 | 758 |

## People named Josh

- Josh Duhamel, American actor and former model
- Josh Brolin, American actor (born 1968)
- Josh Radnor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- Josh Groban, American singer and actor
- Josh Holloway, American actor
- Josh Lucas, American actor (born 1971)
- Josh Gad, American actor (born 1981)
- Josh Charles, American actor
- Josh Shapiro, American politician (born 1973)
- Josh Klinghoffer, American musician
- Josh McEachran, English association football player
- Josh Keaton, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.