Josue
- Pronunciation
- [Jo-sue]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- God Is Salvation
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Josue
Josue is the Spanish form of Joshua (see separate entry on Joshua for the Hebrew Yehoshua etymology meaning "Yahweh saves"). The Spanish/French Josué (with accent) has been used continuously in Spanish- and French-speaking countries for centuries.
The name has been continuously among the popular boys' names in Spanish-speaking American communities for several decades. Josue climbed from outside the US top 500 in 1980 to the US top 200 boys' rank by 2003 and has held that range since. Notable bearers include Argentine soccer player Josué Beleván, Brazilian-American boxer Josué Hernández, and contemporary Spanish-American musicians.
The name's appeal is its layered Spanish-Catholic-Hebrew pedigree combined with three soft syllables — the in-built religious anchor from Joshua's biblical role as Moses's successor, the warm Latinate register, and tonal versatility across Spanish-American and broader American contexts. The name reads as both classically biblical and contemporary in Spanish-American naming. Common nicknames Josuito, Josy, and the rare Jue each carry distinct registers; international forms include Joshua (English), Josué (Spanish/French, identical with accent), Josuè (Italian), and the original Hebrew Yehoshua. The related shortening Josué often is the same as Joshua/Yeshua/Jesus etymologically.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Josue
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Josue by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 2,272 boys named Josue (boy rank #181 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #330 for boys (1,026 US births). That's 149 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Josue Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Josue the strongest states are Texas, Maryland, California.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #152 | 2,441 |
| 2 | Maryland | #179 | 334 |
| 3 | California | #183 | 2,220 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | #189 | 43 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | #211 | 21 |
| 6 | Virginia | #237 | 367 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #238 | 357 |
| 8 | Nevada | #243 | 123 |
| 9 | New Mexico | #252 | 56 |
| 10 | Florida | #255 | 728 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | #855 | 64 |
| 2 | Missouri | #678 | 40 |
| 3 | Ohio | #678 | 122 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #568 | 81 |
| 5 | Minnesota | #559 | 77 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #543 | 164 |
| 7 | Utah | #532 | 72 |
| 8 | Mississippi | #466 | 26 |
| 9 | South Carolina | #457 | 95 |
| 10 | Indiana | #444 | 148 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Josue in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Josue to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Josue against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).