The baby name Josiah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒoʊˈsaɪ.ə/ (jo-SIGH-uh).
Josiah is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Josiah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒoʊˈsaɪ.ə/ (jo-SIGH-uh).
Josiah is Hebrew in Origin.
Josiah stems from Hebrew Yoshiyahu (יוֹשִׁיָּהוּ), built from yôšî (“supports/helps”) + -yahu (the divine name), commonly rendered “Yahweh supports” or “the Lord has healed.” Carried into Greek as Iosias and Latin/Jacobean English as Josias, it settled in modern English as Josiah. International forms include Josías (Spanish), Josias (Portuguese, French, German), and Josia (Dutch, German); the biblical Hebrew Yoshiyahu remains in Israel. Related nickname forms are Jo and Siah, with the modern respelling Joziah also seen.
A central bearer is King Josiah of Judah (7th century BCE), remembered for religious reforms in 2 Kings and Chronicles, which lent the name connotations of piety and renewal. Adopted enthusiastically by English Puritans in the 17th century, it crossed to colonial America, waned, then revived from the 1990s onward, now ranking highly in the United States and rising in the UK and elsewhere.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Boys | 2025 | #1 | — | 836 |
| BW | 0 | #19 | 1 | 960 | |
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #52 | 5,457 | 7,044 |
| PR | 0 | #55 | 1 | 1,497 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #102 | 1 | 3,319 |
| PH | 0 | #107 | 4 | 5,607 | |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #133 | 5 | 1,769 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #135 | 15 | 4,685 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #149 | 182 | 2,588 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #177 | 3 | 4,064 |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #178 | 1 | 2,508 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #182 | 2 | 1,578 |
| NG | 0 | #231 | 34 | 5,926 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| GH | 0 | #242 | 7 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #247 | 7 | 6,830 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #258 | 15 | 6,876 |
| SG | 0 | #259 | 11 | 11,010 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #292 | 55 | 8,138 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #327 | 5 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| MY | 0 | #346 | 9 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #352 | 6 | 8,483 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #365 | 19 | 11,440 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #368 | 1,093 | 16,906 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #380 | 8 | 2,865 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #461 | 27 | 10,188 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #466 | 9 | 14,421 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #483 | 45 | 12,905 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #501 | 5 | 9,305 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #570 | 128 | 17,960 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #604 | 2 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #622 | 4 | 10,983 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #657 | 26 | 3,552 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #712 | 75 | 15,093 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #735 | 507 | 25,619 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #908 | 9 | 8,487 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #913 | 6 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #921 | 6 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #979 | 3 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,071 | 41 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,083 | 10 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,131 | 11 | 25,928 |
| MA | 0 | #1,196 | 4 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,444 | 28 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,683 | 9 | 28,008 |
Josiah is popular in 58 countries — most recent births per country:
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