Boys' name · since 2000
Joshiah
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 114 babies named Joshiah, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 114
- total births
- 2000–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
114 boys have been named Joshiah since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Joshiah has 114 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2021.
- 114 total births
- 2000–2021 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joshiah's 114 recorded births place it above 64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joshiah splits its recorded history at 2009: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joshiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2021
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Joshiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Joshiah's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Joshiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Joshiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2000–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joshiah: Baby Name Since 2000 - 114 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joshiah. 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 Joshiah 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.