Joziah — #989 US boys' name
5,140 babies named Joziah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Joziah was born in this single decade.
364 babies were named Joziah in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joziah
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,140 babies named Joziah between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joziah currently holds the #989 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 364 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joziah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,804 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Joziah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 846 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Joziah in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joziah 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 5,140 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.
Joziah at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Joziah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2019)
- 364
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #989 among boys.
5,140 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 364 births in a single year.
Joziah popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Joziah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Joziah accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Joziah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,804 births that decade — 55% of Joziah's all-time total
Joziah decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,804 births
- Runner-up 1,505 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Joziah's strongest decade
2,804 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Joziah by state
Where Joziah concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 846 | 16.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 834 | 16.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 366 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 303 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 183 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 150 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 136 | 2.6% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 133 | 2.6% |
846 of 5,140 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.5% of nationwide
- Texas 16.2% of nationwide
- Florida 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Joziah appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1995–2024 (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.