Josiah
#235 most common boys' name of all time · #509 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#235
Rank overall
#509 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
149,420
Since 2016
62,364
Peak year
2017 #51
Best rank
#45 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 7,092/yr
Josiah is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 5,509 | 5,522 | #54 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5,486 | 5,495 | #53 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5,445 | 5,450 | #52 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5,838 | 5,848 | #51 |
| 2021 | 11 | 6,157 | 6,168 | #49 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,164 | 6,181 | #49 |
| 2019 | 21 | 6,847 | 6,868 | #45 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,684 | 6,701 | #52 |
| 2017 | 13 | 7,079 | 7,092 | #51 |
| 2016 | 14 | 7,025 | 7,039 | #55 |
| 2015 | 15 | 6,677 | 6,692 | #57 |
| 2014 | 10 | 6,482 | 6,492 | #64 |
| 2013 | 15 | 6,316 | 6,331 | #69 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,538 | 5,556 | #79 |
| 2011 | 17 | 5,274 | 5,291 | #80 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5,210 | 5,220 | #77 |
| 2009 | 20 | 5,020 | 5,040 | #86 |
| 2008 | 18 | 4,785 | 4,803 | #95 |
| 2007 | 17 | 4,225 | 4,242 | #105 |
| 2006 | 21 | 3,649 | 3,670 | #117 |
| 2005 | 11 | 3,260 | 3,271 | #125 |
| 2004 | 17 | 2,797 | 2,814 | #142 |
| 2003 | 10 | 2,684 | 2,694 | #152 |
| 2002 | 15 | 2,570 | 2,585 | #154 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2,239 | 2,251 | #169 |
| 2000 | 12 | 2,029 | 2,041 | #180 |
| 1999 | 11 | 1,742 | 1,753 | #193 |
| 1998 | 11 | 1,526 | 1,537 | #212 |
| 1997 | 12 | 1,381 | 1,393 | #223 |
| 1996 | 9 | 1,243 | 1,252 | #239 |
| 1995 | 9 | 1,018 | 1,027 | #273 |
| 1994 | 10 | 916 | 926 | #298 |
| 1993 | — | 891 | 891 | #307 |
| 1992 | 5 | 784 | 789 | #325 |
| 1991 | — | 738 | 738 | #334 |
| 1990 | — | 677 | 677 | #355 |
| 1989 | — | 591 | 591 | #378 |
| 1988 | — | 544 | 544 | #370 |
| 1987 | — | 502 | 502 | #384 |
| 1986 | — | 489 | 489 | #377 |
| 1985 | 6 | 497 | 503 | #371 |
| 1984 | 9 | 470 | 479 | #375 |
| 1983 | 5 | 405 | 410 | #405 |
| 1982 | — | 367 | 367 | #439 |
| 1981 | 7 | 285 | 292 | #498 |
| 1980 | — | 256 | 256 | #537 |
| 1979 | — | 216 | 216 | #581 |
| 1978 | — | 159 | 159 | #663 |
| 1977 | — | 155 | 155 | #679 |
| 1976 | — | 123 | 123 | #748 |
| 1975 | — | 86 | 86 | #891 |
| 1974 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,026 |
| 1973 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,269 |
| 1972 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,669 |
| 1970 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,584 |
| 1969 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,529 |
| 1968 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1967 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,894 |
| 1965 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,281 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,866 |
| 1963 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1962 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,898 |
| 1961 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,499 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1959 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1958 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,774 |
| 1957 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,284 |
| 1956 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,768 |
| 1955 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1954 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,565 |
| 1953 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1952 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,661 |
| 1949 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,671 |
| 1948 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1947 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,790 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,889 |
| 1945 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,857 |
| 1944 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1943 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,915 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,347 |
| 1940 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,475 |
| 1939 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,430 |
| 1938 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,824 |
| 1937 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,347 |
| 1936 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,646 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,590 |
| 1934 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,616 |
| 1933 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,410 |
| 1932 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,511 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 1930 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,857 |
| 1928 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,190 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,472 |
| 1926 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,520 |
| 1925 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,537 |
| 1923 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1922 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,229 |
| 1920 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,351 |
| 1919 | — | 47 | 47 | #991 |
| 1918 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,174 |
| 1917 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,063 |
| 1916 | — | 44 | 44 | #965 |
| 1915 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,056 |
| 1914 | — | 33 | 33 | #972 |
| 1913 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,175 |
| 1912 | — | 36 | 36 | #714 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,202 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,125 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,169 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,038 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #882 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #861 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,254 |
| 1904 | — | 8 | 8 | #885 |
| 1903 | — | 13 | 13 | #624 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,159 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,077 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,065 |
| 1899 | — | 8 | 8 | #804 |
| 1898 | — | 9 | 9 | #754 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #962 |
| 1896 | — | 12 | 12 | #649 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #885 |
| 1894 | — | 13 | 13 | #572 |
| 1893 | — | 18 | 18 | #437 |
| 1892 | — | 15 | 15 | #529 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #646 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #607 |
| 1889 | — | 14 | 14 | #502 |
| 1888 | — | 16 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | — | 15 | 15 | #440 |
| 1886 | — | 21 | 21 | #387 |
| 1885 | — | 17 | 17 | #441 |
| 1884 | — | 22 | 22 | #377 |
| 1883 | — | 14 | 14 | #483 |
| 1882 | — | 24 | 24 | #366 |
| 1881 | — | 24 | 24 | #336 |
| 1880 | — | 26 | 26 | #338 |