Recorded 2007–2015 Boys' name Peak 2008 21 births

Josiaha — boys' name

21 babies named Josiaha in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s152010s6
2000s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Josiaha was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

8 babies were named Josiaha in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Josiaha

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Josiaha between 2007 and 2015, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josiaha currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josiaha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Josiaha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josiaha 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 21 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.

Josiaha at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

21

Since 2007

9 years of records

Peak year

2008

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

2007

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2015

Josiaha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2007

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2008)
8
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
5.566.577.588.5 201520082007 7

Josiaha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
15 births that decade — 71% of Josiaha's all-time total
2000s152010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Josiaha?
21 babies have been named Josiaha since 2007. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2008 with 8 births.
When was Josiaha most popular?
Josiaha was most popular in the 2000s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Josiaha been used?
Josiaha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 9 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Josiaha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joseph, Joshua, Jose, Josiah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.