JOSH is ranked as the 492nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 113,320.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 35.54 people named JOSH for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JOSH is 13,609.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JOSH is
80.1% White,
4.6% Hispanic origin,
11.7% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JOSH have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JOSH is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JOSH
The state with the most people named
JOSH is
California where
10,730 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JOSH, as
182.27 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Florida
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
13 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JOSH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
3,431
26.64
99.0%
Indiana
3,594
54.48
98.8%
Iowa
2,153
69.29
98.8%
Kansas
1,561
53.76
97.7%
Michigan
2,885
29.11
99.3%
Minnesota
2,734
50.1
99.0%
Missouri
964
32.19
97.4%
Nebraska
1,058
56.22
97.0%
North Dakota
386
52.2
92.9%
Ohio
4,263
36.77
99.0%
South Dakota
575
67.37
94.5%
Wisconsin
2,523
43.82
98.9%
West States
State stats for the first name JOSH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
207
28.11
89.3%
Arizona
2,251
33.43
98.2%
California
10,730
27.65
99.5%
Colorado
2,586
48.29
98.5%
Hawaii
530
37.32
97.5%
Idaho
882
53.98
96.8%
Montana
643
62.84
95.5%
Nevada
825
29.07
97.0%
New Mexico
532
25.5
94.7%
Oregon
1,710
43.06
98.1%
Utah
1,631
55.44
97.9%
Washington
4,051
57.37
99.3%
Wyoming
354
60.66
93.5%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JOSH
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JOSH as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JOSH.
The most popular full name is JOSH Smith.
0.97% of all the people named JOSH
have this family name.
There are 12227 last
names associated with this first name.