Yehoshua

“Yahweh is salvation” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1769 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yehoshua reached its best rank, #1689, in 2019 and ranked #1769 in 2025. About 2,400 boys have carried it since 1970. In New Jersey and New York it runs 5–16× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yehoshuas

Yehoshua Kenaz — Israeli writer, literary editor and translator (1937–2020)
Yehoshua Feigenbaum — Israeli footballer
Yehoshua Hankin — Zionist activist
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel — Israeli philosopher, mathematician, and linguist (1915-1975)
Yehoshua Glazer — Israeli footballer (1927-2018)

In stories & tradition

Yehoshua (Joshua) — Book of Zechariah

What Yehoshuas become

Among 90 notable people named Yehoshua:

Business leaders appear 4.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yehoshua Ben-Zion, Israeli banker.

Similar names: Shalom · Yosef · Jeshua · Malikai · Yeshua · Yisrael

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