# Joziah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joziah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,369 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,364 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 130, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard spelling variant of Josiah.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 18,110 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 205 | 965 |
| 2012 | 243 | 872 |
| 2013 | 234 | 893 |
| 2014 | 272 | 832 |
| 2015 | 319 | 756 |
| 2016 | 363 | 686 |
| 2017 | 304 | 772 |
| 2018 | 306 | 767 |
| 2019 | 365 | 693 |
| 2020 | 330 | 740 |
| 2021 | 363 | 716 |
| 2022 | 309 | 809 |
| 2023 | 276 | 864 |
| 2024 | 227 | 990 |
| 2025 | 221 | 1,015 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## 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.