Josyah — #6084 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Josyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 470 babies named Josyah between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josyah currently holds the #6084 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Josyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Josyah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josyah 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 470 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.