Boys' name · since 2014
Jociah
Jociah has 17 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 2014–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
17 boys have been named Jociah since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jociah has been recorded 17 times among boys since 2014, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2018.
- 17 total births
- 2014–2018 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jociah's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jociah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jociah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jociah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2018
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Jociah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jociah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jociah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2014–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jociah: Baby Name Since 2014 - 17 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jociah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jociah 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 July 2026.