# Josias (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josias/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,517 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,517 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 1,583 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,508 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,451 |
| 2014 | 147 | 1,238 |
| 2015 | 148 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 136 | 1,321 |
| 2017 | 137 | 1,317 |
| 2018 | 123 | 1,426 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 199 | 1,031 |
| 2021 | 176 | 1,145 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,089 |
| 2023 | 193 | 1,103 |
| 2024 | 214 | 1,039 |
| 2025 | 247 | 950 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Josias

- Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general
- Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697-1764)
- Josias von Heeringen, German general (1850-1926)
- Josias von Rantzou, Danish military, marshal of France
- Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578-1588)
- Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, English naval officer (1765-1842)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.