Josias — #1041 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Josias

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,267 babies named Josias between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josias currently holds the #1041 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 212 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josias performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Josias shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 497 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Josias in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josias 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 3,267 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.