Boys' name · since 2019

Jehoshaphat

26 babies named Jehoshaphat in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#26,951 of 45,481
all-time among boys
26
born since 2019
2020s
peak decade

Jehoshaphat is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 2019.

Jehoshaphat has 26 recorded births among boys since 2019, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2024.

  • #26,951 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 26 born since 2019
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jehoshaphat ranks #26,951 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.

#26,951 of 45,481
all-time among boys
26
born since 2019
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jehoshaphat's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jehoshaphat's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jehoshaphat's full recorded timeline at 2023, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jehoshaphat popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2024

Last recorded 2024
Peak year (2023)
9
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
45678910 2019202220232024 5

Jehoshaphat by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 77% of the file).

2020s was Jehoshaphat's strongest decade.

20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.

Jehoshaphat births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (77% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jehoshaphat? ▼
Since 2019, Social Security records show 26 babies named Jehoshaphat. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #26,951 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2024. Its busiest year on record was 2023, with 9 births.
Where does Jehoshaphat sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jehoshaphat ranks #26,951 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jehoshaphat most popular? ▼
Jehoshaphat was most popular in the 2020s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Jehoshaphat been used? ▼
Jehoshaphat has been recorded in Social Security data since 2019, spanning 6 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Jehoshaphat? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jehu, Jehiel, Jehad, Jehan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Jehoshaphat

Nearby Names Like Jehoshaphat

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Jehoshaphat

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Jehiel Boy
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Jehan Boy
#9958 156 births
Jehlani Boy
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jehoshaphat: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2019–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jehoshaphat draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.