Josue

What Josue means

Spanish and Portuguese form of Joshua, meaning “to save”

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joshua || See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Josué” (revision 93134927) and “Joshua” (revision 94540604), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Josue?

US: Falling: down from #272 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 2,272 boys got the name (#181 that year). First in the US records in 1924.

How common

• About 1 in 1,665 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (1.36 per 1,000 boys), MD (1.22 per 1,000 boys), TX (1.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Josue is #330 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Josue were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Josie6 US
• Jossue5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Josue

Boys

• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Logan#53“little hollow”^*

For a sister

• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Arianna#234Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #56 in 2015, #234 in 2025
• Valeria#162“to be healthy, to be strong”^*
• Juliana#256Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #256 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Gracie#227Editor’s note Down from #165 in 2015 to #227 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Josue’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.