How rare is the name Josiah?

95,175 people in the United States have the first name Josiah, about 1 in 3,173. It ranks #568 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOSIAH

#568

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
95,175
About
1 in 3,173
This common or more
60.8%
Who bears it

Of the 95,175 people named Josiah, 33.1% reported their origin as White, 28% as Black and 27.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Josiah peaked in 2017, when 7,092 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
7,092
In 2025*
5,522 ▼22%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 149,420 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Josiah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #85. The largest share of babies named Josiah, 54.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#858193
1890s#1,550108
1900s#2,20677
1910s#2,058308
1920s#2,796278
1930s#3,069206
1940s#3,770164
1950s#3,997195
1960s#4,752173
1970s#2,026945
1980s#8844,433
1990s#51910,983
2000s#22433,411
2010s#9263,282
2020s#8534,664
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–1236.2%
2013 and later54.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Josiah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Josiah has been most common in New Mexico (2.7×), Alaska (2.3×), and Nevada (2.2×), and least common in Vermont (0.15×).

146,103 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Josiah

#566 Louise · 96,368#567 Ariana · 95,572#569 Nolan · 94,520#570 Margarita · 93,539

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Josiah, most common first.

#6,247 Joziah · 2,584#18,286 Josia · 591#23,902 Joesiah · 407#26,105 Josaiah · 359#30,958 Josyah · 279#35,667 Josuah · 225#43,502 Joshiah · 162

Also a last name

As a last name, Josiah ranks #37,037 of 156,621, with 648 people. See Josiah as a last name

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