Joziah Boy
How popular is Joziah?
#1,015 boy name in 2025
221 baby boys were named Joziah in the US in 2025, making it the 1015th most popular boy name.
Joziah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,015 for boys (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 221 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #755 in 2015, #739 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (365 boys) |
| Highest rank | #685 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1995 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joziah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Josiah family of names ranked #61 for boys in 2025 (#55 the year before), with 5,762 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Josiah | 5,509 | 96% |
| Joziah | 221 | 4% |
| Josyah | 12 | 0% |
| Jossiah | 14 | 0% |
| Jozyah | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Joziah is most popular
Babies named Joziah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.4 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (267 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (249 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (112 boys)
Joziah by decade
Boy names about as popular as Joziah
Questions
- Is Joziah a boy or girl name?
- Joziah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Joziah were boys.
- How popular is the name Joziah?
- 221 baby boys were named Joziah in the US in 2025, making it the 1015th most popular boy name.
- When was Joziah most popular?
- Joziah peaked in 2019, when 365 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #685 in 2016.
- How many people are named Joziah?
- 5,369 babies have been named Joziah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,332 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Joziah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Joziah was most common in New Mexico, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.