Jashua
Jashua is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198773 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 1,705people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,705 boys have been named Jashua in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 73 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1980s alone account for 31%.
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Jashua was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1987 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Jashua
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joshuahpeak 1989
- Tavarispeak 1995
- Joshuepeak 2004
- Joshuapeak 1989
- Shamelpeak 1993
- Jamarpeak 1989
- Demariopeak 1989
- Jestinpeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.