Joziah

Joziah was the #1,015 boys' name in the US in 2025 (221 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Joziah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Joziah 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Joziah 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#1,015 (221)#3,256 (6)—
2024#988 (227)#2,444 (9)—
2023#863 (276)#2,547 (8)#2,614 (6)
2022#808 (309)#4,002 (4)—
2021#716 (363)#1,984 (11)#1,230 (17)
2020#739 (330)#1,935 (11)#2,013 (8)
2019#693 (365)#2,104 (10)#2,189 (7)
2018#765 (306)#1,991 (11)#1,983 (8)
2017#771 (304)#2,512 (8)#2,198 (7)
2016#685 (363)#3,478 (5)#2,182 (7)
2015#755 (319)#2,150 (10)#2,715 (5)
2014#829 (272)#3,895 (4)#1,778 (9)
2013#889 (234)#3,822 (4)—
2012#868 (243)#2,270 (9)—
2011#965 (205)#3,830 (4)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #716.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,800 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 7,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Joziah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joziah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #777FL
Joziah (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
JoziahCanadaBoys—too few
JoziahEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
JoziahNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JoziahUSGirls—too few
JoziahUSBoys#1,015221