Josias
- #950 for boys in 2025, 247 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 247 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,517since 1975
Josias over time
Rank among boys' names. Josias has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #950 | 247 |
| 2024 | #1,038 | 214 |
| 2023 | #1,103 | 193 |
| 2022 | #1,084 | 201 |
| 2021 | #1,143 | 176 |
| 2020 | #1,031 | 199 |
| 2019 | #1,312 | 139 |
| 2018 | #1,418 | 123 |
| 2017 | #1,314 | 137 |
| 2016 | #1,320 | 136 |
| 2015 | #1,231 | 148 |
| 2014 | #1,237 | 147 |
| 2013 | #1,444 | 114 |
| 2012 | #1,498 | 107 |
| 2011 | #1,577 | 98 |
| 2010 | #1,626 | 96 |
| 2009 | #1,511 | 110 |
| 2008 | #1,861 | 78 |
| 2007 | #1,669 | 91 |
| 2006 | #1,856 | 73 |
| 2005 | #2,297 | 51 |
| 2004 | #2,024 | 59 |
| 2003 | #1,885 | 62 |
| 2002 | #1,998 | 55 |
| 2001 | #2,050 | 51 |
| 2000 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,040 | 46 |
| 1997 | #2,680 | 29 |
| 1996 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Josias! It came in at #5,464, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1979, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Josias is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#488 · 1 in 2,651
- Massachusetts#620 · 1 in 3,860
- Maryland#634 · 1 in 3,271
- Texas#649 · 1 in 3,805
- Colorado#680 · 1 in 3,836
Best ever in a state: #488 in New Jersey, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #488 | 15 | 1 in 2,651 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Texas | #649 | 46 | 1 in 3,805 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Florida | #681 | 23 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| North Carolina | #775 | 11 | 1 in 4,679 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| California | #845 | 28 | 1 in 6,267 |
| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Josias
- 81 spots since 2020 (#1,031 → #950)
- Biggest jump: 88 spots in 2025
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2025 at #950 (247 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2025
- Highest: 1 in 6,915 boys born in 2025 were named Josias (0.01%)
- 35.4% of all boys named Josias (1,245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,464 (1975) | #5,760 |
| 1980s | 89 | #2,912 (1983) | #4,525 |
| 1990s | 275 | #2,040 (1998) | #2,861 |
| 2000s | 668 | #1,511 (2009) | #1,963 |
| 2010s | 1,245 | #1,231 (2015) | #1,398 |
| 2020s | 1,230 | #950 (2025) | #1,058 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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