Josue
Josue was the 330th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,026 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 181st with 2,272 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 57 places. More babies were named Josue in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning God is salvation (Spanish form of Joshua) · Hebrew, Spanish
Say it hoh-SWAY /hoʊˈsweɪ/
- Rank in 2025
- #330 boys, down 55 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,026boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20072,272 babies
- Total since 1880
- 57,874babies recorded
What does the name Josue mean?
Josue (Spanish Josué) is the Spanish form of Joshua, which comes through Latin Iosue from Hebrew Yehoshua. DMNES glosses the Hebrew "the Lord is salvation" and notes that the Wycliffite Bible of 1395 used Josue. In the US it is mainly used in Spanish-speaking families and pronounced the Spanish way. In Spanish Bibles the Book of Joshua is the Libro de Josué.
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Biblical Hebrew, “Yahweh is salvation”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Joshua, Josué, Jesus.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Josue', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Joshua', DMNES, Durham University
Josue popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 185 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #330 | 1,026 |
| 2020 | #275 | 1,231 |
| 2010 | #184 | 1,996 |
| 2000 | #247 | 1,353 |
| 1990 | #292 | 863 |
| 1980 | #466 | 328 |
| 1970 | #1,186 | 49 |
| 1960 | #1,840 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,151 | 13 |
| 1940 | #3,705 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Josue, counting every spelling?
Josue is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #336 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #330 for Josue on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,031 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josue | 1,026 | #330 | 5,547 |
| Jossue | 5 | #12,906 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Josue?
1,026 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Josue (0.28 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Josue 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 8 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Josue.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Josue?
About 56,300 people born in the US named Josue are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 12 and 28. That makes Josue mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Josue by state
How common Josue was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Maryland (2.3×), Texas (2.0×), California (1.7×), Nebraska (1.6×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Josue: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Josue, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Josue · Sibling names for Josue
Questions about the name Josue
What does Josue mean?
Josue means “God is salvation (Spanish form of Joshua)” (Hebrew, Spanish origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Josue?
Josue was the 330th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,026 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 181st with 2,272 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 57 places. More babies were named Josue in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Josue a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Josue in the US.
Where is Josue most popular?
In 2021–2025, Josue was most common in Maryland (1.45 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and California.