Boys' name · since 2008
Josiya
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Josiya, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
28 boys have been named Josiya since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Josiya has 28 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2016.
- #26,387 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josiya ranks #26,387 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,387 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Josiya's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Josiya's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Josiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2016
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Josiya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Josiya's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Josiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Josiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
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, 2008–2016 (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 Josiya 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.