boy's name
Josue
ho-SWAY
- Origin Spanish
- Gender Boy
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 63,318
the United States
#330
2025 births
Josue is the same name as Jesus, not merely a relative of it — both descend from the Hebrew Yehoshua, and Greek translators simply rendered it two different ways in two different books. Josue is simply the Spanish and French spelling.
- Josue is a name of Spanish origin.
- Peaked in 2007, when 2,272 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,231 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1924.
Josue over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 15 |
| 1930s | 52 |
| 1940s | 49 |
| 1950s | 157 |
| 1960s | 354 |
| 1970s | 1,443 |
| 1980s | 4,562 |
| 1990s | 10,816 |
| 2000s | 18,364 |
| 2010s | 15,284 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 6,778 |
What Josue means
Josue means the Lord is salvation. The Hebrew joins the divine name to a root meaning to save or deliver, so the name is a statement rather than a description.
Where Josue comes from
Josue is the Spanish and French form of Joshua, from the Hebrew Yehoshua — Yah, the divine name, joined to yasha, to save. Greek rendered it Iesous, and Latin took that as Iesus, which is why Jesus and Joshua are one name that arrived in English by two routes centuries apart. Joshua succeeded Moses and led Israel across the Jordan; Jesus of Nazareth carried the ordinary Judaean name of that leader.
Josue in use
Josue peaked in the United States in 2007, when 2,272 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 330th in the United States on 1,026 births and 933rd in France on 45, across 63,318 lifetime births in three of the seven markets we track. Our records carry it from 1924.
How popular is Josue?
In 2025, Josue was given to 1,026 babies in the United States, ranking #330 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Josue is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Josue is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Josué | Josué is Josue written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #933 in France, against #5,894 for Josue. | 1,115 |
Names that peaked alongside Josue
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Josue also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Josue over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Josue in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Josue
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Josue — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Josue
What does the name Josue mean?
The Lord is salvation — the Hebrew Yehoshua.
Is Josue the same name as Jesus?
Yes. Both descend from Yehoshua; Greek rendered it two ways and English inherited both.
Who was Joshua in the Bible?
Moses's successor, who led Israel across the Jordan.
How popular is Josue?
330th in the United States on 1,026 births — the strongest name in this group.
Is Josue a girl's or a boy's name?
Josue is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
Is Josue a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Josue currently ranks #330 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.