Boys' name · since 2007
Josael
26 babies named Josael in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,958 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
26 babies have been named Josael since 2007, making it today's #11429 boys' name.
Josael has 26 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11429 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of boys, 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 2007 to 2025.
- #26,958 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,429 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 26 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josael ranks #26,958 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,429 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 26 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,958 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Josael's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Josael compares
26 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Josael's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Josael | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Josael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josael's full recorded timeline at 2022, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Josael by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Josael's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Josael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Josael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Josael 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.