Yosiah — #2935 US boys' name
371 babies named Yosiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Yosiah was born in this single decade.
51 babies were named Yosiah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yosiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 371 babies named Yosiah between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yosiah currently holds the #2935 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 51 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yosiah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yosiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Yosiah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yosiah 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 371 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.
Yosiah at a glance
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Current rank
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Yosiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2023)
- 51
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #2935 among boys.
371 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 51 births in a single year.
Yosiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 194 births that decade — 52% of Yosiah's all-time total
Yosiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 194 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Yosiah's strongest decade
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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 | | 24 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 3.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 8 | 2.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #5 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.3% |
24 of 371 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.6% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.