The name Josiah is of Hebrew origin, and means Yahweh supports.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Josiah has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Josiah
Use of the Name Josiah for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
28,601
28,153
27,415
19,043
12,180
5,383
2,722
The table below indicates the number of times the name Josiah has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Josiah
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
338
26
1881
339
24
1882
367
24
1883
490
14
1884
379
22
1885
453
17
1886
389
21
1887
445
15
1888
494
16
1889
512
14
1890
620
11
1891
672
9
1892
532
15
1893
441
18
1894
582
13
1895
937
7
1896
657
12
1897
1898
781
9
1899
827
8
1900
1901
1902
1903
636
13
1904
927
8
1905
1906
889
9
1907
906
10
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
719
36
1913
1914
977
33
1915
1916
967
44
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
890
86
1976
750
123
1977
680
155
1978
668
156
1979
578
218
1980
537
254
1981
499
282
1982
436
369
1983
405
404
1984
375
470
1985
370
497
1986
378
487
1987
384
498
1988
368
544
1989
380
586
1990
356
675
1991
334
733
1992
324
777
1993
308
882
1994
298
914
1995
277
1,007
1996
240
1,238
1997
223
1,375
1998
212
1,517
1999
195
1,726
2000
182
2,019
2001
169
2,227
2002
154
2,551
2003
153
2,661
2004
144
2,722
Totals:
28,601
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Josiah as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Josiah appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 56 times during the last 125 years.