Josias
2025 SSA
About Josias
An attractive, surprisingly uncommon variation of Josiah. To give you an idea of how comparatively rare Josias is, there were about 200 baby boys named Josias in the US last year, versus nearly 6000 named Josiah.
But Josias might pick up steam as s-ending names from Atticus to Brooks become more and more popular. Josias is a biblical name in some variations of the New Testament.
Pronounced jo-SY-us.
As of October 2026, Josias ranked #950 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,237 | 147 | 76.5 |
| 2015 | #1,235 | 148 | 77.2 |
| 2016 | #1,321 | 136 | 71.7 |
| 2017 | #1,316 | 137 | 74 |
| 2018 | #1,426 | 123 | 67.7 |
| 2019 | #1,316 | 139 | 77.5 |
| 2020 | #1,030 | 199 | 115.3 |
| 2021 | #1,143 | 176 | 100.6 |
| 2022 | #1,088 | 201 | 115.1 |
| 2023 | #1,105 | 192 | 112.2 |
| 2024 | #1,041 | 212 | 123 |
| 2025 | #950 | 247 | 144.6 |
World rankings
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Josias on lists
Famous Josiass
- Josias Georg Wilhelm Adolf
Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Josias Simmler
Swiss theologian
- Josias Fendall
4th Proprietary Governor of Maryland, USA
- Josias Braun
Blanquet, Swiss sociologist
- Josias Leslie Porter
Irish Presbyterian minister
- Josias Rowley
1st Baronet, British Navy admiral
- Josias Thomas Joesler
Swiss,American architect