Josabet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ho-sa-BET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Josabet is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Lord is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Josabet mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jehosheba (Jehoshabeath)
“the Lord is an oath”
In the Bible Jehosheba hides the infant prince Joash from Queen Athaliah, saving the royal line.
Is Josabet a girl's or a boy's name?
Josabet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josabet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Josabet, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Josabet in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josabet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
Names like Josabet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elliott, Juniper, Jovie, Marigold, Everly, Elowyn, Violet, Josie, Josephine, Alaia, Eliza, Briella
Names related to Josabet
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Josabet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josabet, updated 20 October 2026.