Josafat

#7,925 in 2025Boys' name

English equivalent of Jehoshaphat

Josafat has been given to 459 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #7,925 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Josafat, 2025

1 in 332,000

Josafat over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Josafat: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Jehoshaphat

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Josafat means

Josafat is a English equivalent of Jehoshaphat.

Origin, language, and formation

Josafat is used in Spanish.

Josafat comes through Old Spanish Josaphat, Late Latin Iōsaphat, Ancient Greek Ἰωσαφάτ and Hebrew יְהוֹשָׁפָט.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jehoshaphat.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Josafat is pronounced /xosaˈfat/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 459 boys were recorded with the name Josafat between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2003; its best national rank was #3,747 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,800 in 2020 to #7,925 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,040 in 2015 to #7,925 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Josafat?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,925; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Josafat sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Josafat. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Josafats were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Josafat was born before 2007 — so the typical Josafat is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 30.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 71.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 459; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 30.7% of all recorded uses (141).

Is Josafat rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,676; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,125; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,115; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.43×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2003 (20)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,747; 1996

Where Josafat is used

Across 1910–2025, Josafat was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 383,702 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Josafat has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Josafat by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,925
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,125
Best rank ever: #3,747; 1996
Peak year: 2003; 20 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 459
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Josafat

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Josafat

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydnee Lesli Shakira Madisen Destiney Abagail Abigale Alysa

For a brother

Keven Zakary Kale Garret Aaden Samual Donavon Shamar

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