Josiah

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Meaning

Josiah is a masculine given name derived from the Hebrew Yoshi-yahu (Hebrew: ื™ึนืืฉึดืื™ึธึผื”ื•ึผ, Modern: Yoลกiyyรกhu, Tiberian: Yรดลกiyyฤhรป, "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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 185 babies (rank #275 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,287
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
185
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199628#596
199773#333
199849#433
199948#452
200049#430
200184#319
200253#429
200387#321
200490#335
200582#380
2006109#322
2007111#332
2008137#301
2009143#298
2010139#319
2011144#313
2012160#288
2013176#272
2014159#292
2015185#275
2016181#280