Jashua
Jashua was the 12824th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1124th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,550 places. More babies were named Jashua in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,824 boys, down 2,831 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198773 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,710babies recorded
Jashua popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,824 | 5 |
| 2020 | #9,993 | 7 |
| 2010 | #3,205 | 35 |
| 2000 | #2,597 | 36 |
| 1990 | #1,508 | 57 |
| 1980 | #1,747 | 33 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jashua, counting every spelling?
Jashua has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jashua?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jashua (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jashua born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jashua.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jashua?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Jashua are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 21 and 40. That makes Jashua mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jashua: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jashua, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jashua
How popular is the name Jashua?
Jashua was the 12824th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1124th with 73 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,550 places. More babies were named Jashua in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Jashua a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jashua in the US.