NameTides

Josias

Josias was the #950 boys' name in the US in 2025 (247 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Josias as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Josias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Josias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#950 (247)#4,275 (4)#2,095 (9)
2024#1,038 (214)#3,689 (5)#2,062 (9)
2023#1,103 (193)——
2022#1,084 (201)#4,790 (3)—
2021#1,143 (176)——
2020#1,031 (199)—#1,838 (9)
2019#1,312 (139)——
2018#1,418 (123)——
2017#1,314 (137)—#2,198 (7)
2016#1,320 (136)——
2015#1,231 (148)#4,747 (3)#2,715 (5)
2014#1,237 (147)——
2013#1,444 (114)——
2012#1,498 (107)——
2011#1,577 (98)#2,613 (7)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #950.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Josias is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josias by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #845CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #681FL
Josias (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JosiasCanadaBoys#2,0959
JosiasEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
JosiasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JosiasUSBoys#950247