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Joziah

#1,015 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Josiah

Joziah has been given to 5,369 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #1,015 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 365 recorded.

Babies named Joziah, 2025

1 in 15,000

Joziah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Joziah: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Josiah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Joziah means

Joziah is a variant of Josiah.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Joziah → Josiah. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh supports”, recorded in the naming reference for Josiah.

Origin, language, and formation

Joziah is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Josiah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,364 boys were recorded with the name Joziah between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 365 in 2019; its best national rank was #686 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #740 in 2020 to #1,015 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #756 in 2015 to #1,015 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Joziah between 2012 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2012; its best national rank was #18,104 in 2012.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Joziah?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 15,000
221 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,730
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,015
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,399 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Joziah 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,399 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joziah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Joziahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Joziah was born before 2017 — so the typical Joziah is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,364
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (2,807).

Is Joziah 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
−25
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−275
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−259
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.69×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.5%
Peak was 2019 (365)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#686
2016

Spellings of Joziah

Joziah is not the most common spelling — Josiah is, with 54.3% against Joziah's 2.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Joziah is used

Across 2016–2025, Joziah was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 1,852 boys, against 1 in 5,625 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

254 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 1,852
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 2,941
  3. 3Arizona1 in 3,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 3,333
  5. 5Connecticut1 in 3,448
  6. 6California1 in 3,704
  7. 7Florida1 in 4,167
  8. 8Colorado1 in 4,545

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.

Geographically, Joziah is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 86% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Joziah around the world

Where Joziah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2023
    #2,747
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Joziah by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,015
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 275
Best rank ever
#686
2016
Peak year
2019
365 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,364
Count in 2025
221

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#18,104
2012
Peak year
2012
5 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Joziah

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

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Names with a curve like Joziah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Joziah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Joziah

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

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