Boys' name · since 2004
Yosiah
Yosiah has 428 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,472 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
428 babies have been named Yosiah since 2004, making it today's #2472 boys' name.
Yosiah has 428 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2472 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #8,665 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,472 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 428 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yosiah ranks #8,665 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,472 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 428 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,472 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yosiah's 428 recorded births place it above 80.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Yosiah compares
428 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yosiah's all-time total is 16% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yosiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 428 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yosiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yosiah splits its recorded history at 2015: 78% of all births land in the more recent half, 22% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 55 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yosiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Yosiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (251 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Yosiah's strongest decade.
251 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Yosiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
143 births
- 2020s
2020s
251 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 251 births (59% of all-time use).
Yosiah by state
Where Yosiah concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 30 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 20 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 8 | 1.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #5 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.2% |
30 of 428 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Yosiahs (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Yosiah 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.