Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Joshua in π?

Joshua is in π. First stop: decimal place 1,591,892.

Spelling Joshua on a phone

  1. J5
  2. O6
  3. S7
  4. H4
  5. U8
  6. A2

On a phone, Joshua is 567482. That's the 6-digit run we look for.

Joshua in the digits

Decimal place 1,591,892. It sits about 1.6 million digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 2,311 digits back to debunks
  • 4,121 digits back to Josh Gad
  • mailing, 963 digits on
  • nailing, 963 digits on

mailing is the nearest famous face, 963 digits to the right.

Fun facts

Your name in π. That's a pretty great autograph.

Plot twist: π looked away 1.6 million times before finally writing you down.

The name race

Joshua turns up earlier than 29% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 1,412 of the 2,007 we found.

Joshua's neighbours on this list

Joshua made our list from the US baby-name charts.

See every name

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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