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Josiah
Pronounced /d͡ʒoʊˈzaɪə/
Rank in 2024
#53
Born in 2024
5,457
Peak year
2017 · #51
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5,457 boys were named Josiah, about 1 in every 314.
- It peaked in 2017 with 7,073 babies, ranked #51.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 143,338 boys have been named Josiah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Josiah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 1.7Gen Z1997–12
- 3.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 603 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 348 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 352 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,293 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,415 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 53,920 babies, 1.72 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 76,099 babies, 3.50 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yōšiyyā), יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (yōšiyyā́hū).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /d͡ʒoʊˈzaɪə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Josiah, CC BY-SA 4.0.