NameTides

Josiah

Josiah was the #54 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,509 babies), and #226 in England & Wales and #168 in Canada.

Josiah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Josiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Josiah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#54 (5,509)#226 (220)#560 (5)#237 (8)#577 (5)#168 (200)
2024#53 (5,486)#212 (234)#619 (4)#256 (7)#520 (6)#190 (180)
2023#52 (5,445)#242 (198)#533 (5)#272 (6)#516 (6)#189 (172)
2022#51 (5,838)#240 (199)#472 (6)#234 (8)#779 (3)#203 (170)
2021#49 (6,157)#234 (214)#720 (3)#226 (9)#631 (4)#176 (211)
2020#49 (6,164)#248 (191)#599 (4)#231 (8)#741 (3)#185 (191)
2019#45 (6,847)#252 (196)—#312 (5)—#223 (164)
2018#52 (6,684)#219 (238)#516 (5)#416 (3)#749 (3)#194 (194)
2017#51 (7,079)#237 (227)#602 (4)——#229 (159)
2016#55 (7,025)#280 (181)#592 (4)#232 (8)#541 (5)#218 (167)
2015#57 (6,677)#275 (185)#686 (3)#342 (4)—#204 (180)
2014#64 (6,482)#291 (159)#587 (4)#346 (4)#715 (3)#205 (184)
2013#69 (6,316)#272 (176)#590 (4)#244 (7)—#232 (153)
2012#79 (5,538)#288 (160)——#718 (3)#230 (153)
2011#80 (5,274)#313 (144)#544 (4)#375 (3)#623 (4)#230 (149)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #51.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 310 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 310common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 800common

Next year

On its recent trend, Josiah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 330 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 310 to 1 in 340.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josiah by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #90WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #188NHWashington: #62WAIdaho: #118IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #65NDMinnesota: #124MNIllinois: #85ILMichigan: #65MINew York: #83NYMassachusetts: #105MAOregon: #108ORNevada: #20NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #57SDIowa: #99IAIndiana: #61INOhio: #67OHPennsylvania: #63PANew Jersey: #103NJConnecticut: #48CTRhode Island: #31RICalifornia: #45CAUtah: #214UTColorado: #79CONebraska: #103NEMissouri: #73MOKentucky: #105KYWest Virginia: #109WVVirginia: #53VAMaryland: #62MDDelaware: #22DEArizona: #44AZNew Mexico: #39NMKansas: #80KSArkansas: #39ARTennessee: #62TNNorth Carolina: #45NCSouth Carolina: #28SCDistrict of Columbia: #74DCOklahoma: #49OKLouisiana: #18LAMississippi: #22MSAlabama: #41ALGeorgia: #16GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #31TXFlorida: #33FL
Josiah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14492

Josiah (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JosiahCanadaBoys#168200
JosiahEngland & WalesBoys#226220
JosiahIrelandBoys#5775
JosiahNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
JosiahScotlandBoys#5605
JosiahUSGirls#7,88513
JosiahUSBoys#545,509