Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Yeshua isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yeshua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,703
- 2,703 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 229 babies
- 2025
- 225
- #1,007 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 225 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,007 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (42). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,437 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yeshua’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yeshua
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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