Josaiah — #10278 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Josaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Josaiah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josaiah currently holds the #10278 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Josaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Josaiah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josaiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 428 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.