Josiah

“Yahweh has healed” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #54 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Josiah reached #45 in 2019 and has eased to #54 since. About 149,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Joe is a short form of Josiah. A popular twin pairing with Josiah is Jeremiah for a boy.

Around the world: about 1 in 450 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 780 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 870 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Josiahs

Josiah Willard Gibbs — American scientist (1839–1903)
Josiah Wedgwood — English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)
Josiah Royce — American philosopher (1855–1916)
Josiah Warren — American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and author (1798–1874)
Josiah Bartlett — American physician and judge, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1729–1795)

In stories & tradition

Josiah — First Book of Kings · Second Book of Kings
Josiah Bartlet — The West Wing
Josiah S. Carberry — fictional human

What Josiahs become

Among 443 notable people named Josiah:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Josiah Bartlett, American physician and judge, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1729–1795).

Similar names: Isaiah · Jonah · Messiah · Jeremiah · Joshua · Eli

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