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Josiah Adaptable • Jovial • Intelligent
Josiah Adaptable • Jovial • Intelligent
Adaptable • Jovial • Intelligent
JosiahAdaptable • Jovial • Intelligent
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An Honest Judah King Appearing In The Bible. Also Appearing In Charles Dicken's "Hard Times"" ".
One of the Declaration of Independence's signers was named Josiah Barlett.
Josiah Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.67%
Male
0.33%
Female
Josiah is predominantly a boys name, with 0.33% of Josiahs being girls, and 99.67% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 121137 males named Josiah, and 397 females given the name
Popularity of Josiah by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Josiah in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Josiah: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Josiah' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Josiah in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Josiah's average ranking is 1248.23, with it's highest ever rank being #. Josiah has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 16 times.
Josiah has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 121534 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Josiah gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2013, when it's usage went up by 114.65%. During this year, 6294 babies were named Josiah, which was 0.1742% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.191%, in this year alone more than 7000 boys were named Josiah.
Popular 'J' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'J'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with J. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'J' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'J-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | 1. | 8. | 14776 | 0.408% |
| Jacob | 2. | 11. | 14416 | 0.398% |
| Jackson | 3. | 24. | 11210 | 0.31% |
| Joseph | 4. | 28. | 10823 | 0.299% |
| Jayden | 5. | 37. | 10063 | 0.278% |
| John | 6. | 39. | 9952 | 0.275% |
| Joshua | 7. | 47. | 9138 | 0.253% |
| Jack | 8. | 53. | 8367 | 0.231% |
| Julian | 9. | 54. | 8333 | 0.23% |
| Jaxon | 10. | 56. | 8054 | 0.223% |
| Josiah | 11. | 76. | 6928 | 0.191% |
| Jonathan | 12. | 77. | 6914 | 0.191% |
| Jeremiah | 13. | 81. | 6546 | 0.181% |
| Jordan | 14. | 101. | 5589 | 0.154% |
| Jace | 15. | 115. | 5169 | 0.143% |
| Jose | 16. | 118. | 5089 | 0.141% |
| Jaxson | 17. | 126. | 4868 | 0.135% |
| Jason | 18. | 128. | 4851 | 0.134% |
| Justin | 19. | 192. | 3542 | 0.098% |
| Juan | 20. | 208. | 3331 | 0.092% |