How Many People Are Named Josias?
people named Josias are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 98,298 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,517 babies named Josias in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
247 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinized form of JOSIAH used in some English versions of the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Josias in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Josias alive today is about 12 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Josias first appears in the records in 1975, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 247 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Josias has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #950, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #950.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #950 |
| Best rank | #950 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,383 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Josias alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Josias were born in Texas than in any other state: about 528 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Josias was given 2.2 times as often in Texas, 2 times in Florida and 1.9 times in California.
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