Josiah

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Josiah is a masculine given name derived from the Hebrew Yoshi-yahu (Hebrew: יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, Modern: Yošiyyáhu, Tiberian: Yôšiyyāhû, "Yahweh has healed". Josiah was a King of Judah in the Bible. The Latin form Josias was used in some early English translations of the Bible.

From Wikipedia

Josiah first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 7,073 babies (rank #51 that year). In 2024 it was given to 5,457 boys (rank #53). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Josiah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Josiah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

143,787

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

7,073

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Josiah

Josiah Willard Gibbsstatistical physicist · b. 1839
Josiah Wedgwoodceramics designer · b. 1730
Josiah Roycephilosopher · b. 1855
Josiah Warrensocial reformer · b. 1798

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	26	#338
1881	24	#339
1882	24	#367
1883	14	#490
1884	22	#379
1885	17	#453
1886	21	#389
1887	15	#444
1888	16	#494
1889	14	#512
1890	11	#620
1891	9	#672
1892	15	#533
1893	18	#441
1894	13	#582
1895	7	#936
1896	12	#657
1897	6	#1,013
1898	9	#781
1899	8	#827
1900	7	#1,110
1901	5	#1,132
1902	5	#1,225
1903	13	#637
1904	8	#926
1905	5	#1,330
1906	9	#888
1907	10	#906
1908	8	#1,067
1909	7	#1,216
1910	9	#1,165
1911	9	#1,236
1912	36	#719
1913	19	#1,191
1914	33	#978
1915	37	#1,060
1916	44	#966
1917	39	#1,071
1918	35	#1,187
1919	47	#992
1920	29	#1,365
1921	35	#1,244
1922	32	#1,296
1923	24	#1,570
1924	25	#1,554
1925	30	#1,347
1926	24	#1,540
1927	26	#1,497
1928	36	#1,202
1929	17	#1,896
1930	24	#1,516
1931	20	#1,614
1932	22	#1,533
1933	23	#1,430
1934	19	#1,640
1935	19	#1,626
1936	17	#1,686
1937	25	#1,358
1938	15	#1,860
1939	22	#1,438
1940	21	#1,500
1941	10	#2,410
1942	12	#2,205
1943	15	#1,947
1944	17	#1,708
1945	14	#1,892
1946	15	#1,919
1947	18	#1,819
1948	22	#1,588
1949	21	#1,643
1950	20	#1,680
1951	17	#1,874
1952	24	#1,569
1953	17	#1,927
1954	24	#1,575
1955	17	#1,933
1956	20	#1,783
1957	13	#2,325
1958	20	#1,804
1959	23	#1,687
1960	11	#2,609
1961	29	#1,506
1962	18	#1,926
1963	14	#2,257
1964	9	#2,959
1965	13	#2,316
1966	17	#1,928
1967	15	#2,083
1968	19	#1,870
1969	28	#1,544
1970	29	#1,595
1971	28	#1,691
1972	43	#1,273
1973	42	#1,284
1974	64	#1,029
1975	86	#893
1976	123	#750
1977	155	#679
1978	159	#665
1979	216	#582
1980	256	#537
1981	285	#497
1982	367	#439
1983	405	#405
1984	470	#375
1985	497	#371
1986	489	#377
1987	502	#384
1988	544	#371
1989	591	#379
1990	677	#355
1991	738	#334
1992	783	#325
1993	891	#307
1994	916	#298
1995	1,018	#273
1996	1,242	#239
1997	1,381	#223
1998	1,526	#212
1999	1,742	#194
2000	2,029	#180
2001	2,239	#169
2002	2,570	#154
2003	2,684	#152
2004	2,797	#142
2005	3,259	#125
2006	3,649	#117
2007	4,224	#105
2008	4,785	#95
2009	5,019	#86
2010	5,209	#77
2011	5,272	#80
2012	5,535	#79
2013	6,314	#69
2014	6,479	#64
2015	6,672	#57
2016	7,022	#55
2017	7,073	#51
2018	6,681	#52
2019	6,838	#45
2020	6,162	#49
2021	6,146	#49
2022	5,825	#51
2023	5,430	#53
2024	5,457	#53