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Josias

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~3,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#950 among boys
Births in 2025
247 3,517 since 1880
Typical age
9 years, median

Josias popularity over time

Josias rank by birth year, 1975–2025Josias ranked #5,464 in 1975 and #950 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #950, in 2025.#1,000#95019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1975–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2025: 247 births recorded as Josias. The name does not appear in the data until 1975. As of 2025 the name sits at #950, with 247 births that year.

Over ten years the count has risen 67%. Year on year the rank improved by 88.

Babies named Josias per yearPeaks at 247 births in 2025.247 in 2025019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Josias?

Roughly 3,500 Josiass are alive in the US right now. That is out of 3,517 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Josias?

The typical living Josias is 9 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Josias a current name.

Your Josias

Ages of living people named JosiasHalf of living Josiass are older than 9 and half younger.median 902040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Josias is most common

The name is concentrated in Maryland, at 1.9× the national rate. Texas, North Carolina and Florida follow.

Where Josias is used more than average5 states use the name Josias more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 1.3× the national rateVAMaryland: 1.9× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: 1.7× the national rateNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.7× the national rateTXFlorida: 1.4× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Josias is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Maryland 46 1.9×
Texas 293 1.7×
North Carolina 83 1.7×
Florida 130 1.4×
Virginia 50 1.3×

Josias in England and Wales

ONS recorded 4 births named Josias in 2025, ranking it #4,275.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Josias comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Hebrew.

Notable people named Josias

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Josias Braun-Blanquet Swiss botanist 1884–1980 23
Josias von Heeringen German general 1850–1926 22
Josias Simmler Swiss theologian 1530–1576 14
Josias Moli Vanuatuan politician 1954 13
Josias von Rantzau Danish military, marshal of France 1609–1650 10
Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen Major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen 1636–1669 10
Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg 1554–1588 9
Josias Rowley English naval officer 1765–1842 8
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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