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Origin & history of Yoshua1
ModernAmerican / Multicultural roots
Yoshua comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning "God is salvation." | Formal: "The Lord is salvation.".
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How popular is Yoshua?
2022
peak year
Yoshua first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1984. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2022, 31 babies received the name (ranked #3688). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #4849), with roughly 22 babies named Yoshua each year. Yoshua has been trending upward in recent years. In total, around 565 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
31
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #3,688)
(ranked #3,688)
22
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
220
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
565
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Yoshua8
Life path number
The Achiever
Ambition, authority and material mastery.
💼Achiever
👑Authoritative
💰Business-minded
🏆Resilient
Y7
O6
S1
H8
U3
A1
Sum: 26 → Life path 8
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Personality of Yoshua💼
Built for success
They don't dream of achievement — they plan for it.
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Commanding presence
They walk in and people notice.
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Strategic mind
Always three moves ahead.
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Unbreakable
Setbacks sharpen them. Resilience is in their DNA.
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