boys:
324 births since 1992
#4262 (7th percentile)
overall:
324 births since 1992
#7415 (4th percentile)
The name Yashua is the #7,415 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 324 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,262 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 324 births since 1992.
Yashua first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (first recorded for boys in 1992). Birth data for Yashua is available in 31 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023. 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, Yashua reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #792) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Yashua ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yashua".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Yashua. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Yashua is pronounced as YAH-shue-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yah-SHUE-uh, at 24.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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