Boys' name · since 2010
Josyiah
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Josyiah, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 43
- total births
- 2010–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Josyiah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 43 have been recorded since 2010.
Josyiah has 43 recorded births among boys since 2010, 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 2010 to 2016.
- 43 total births
- 2010–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Josyiah's 43 recorded births place it above 49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josyiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Josyiah splits its recorded history at 2013: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Josyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Josyiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Josyiah's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Josyiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2010–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Josyiah: Baby Name Since 2010 - 43 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/josyiah. 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 Josyiah 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.