boys:
432 births since 1975
#4154 (9th percentile)
overall:
432 births since 1975
#7307 (6th percentile)
The name Jousha is the #7,307 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 432 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,154 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 432 births since 1975.
Jousha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Jousha is available in 32 out of the 35 years between 1975 and 2009. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jousha reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #668) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jousha".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jousha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Jousha is pronounced as JOH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOW-shuh, at 32.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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