Josabeth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-suh-beth
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Josabeth is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Josabeth mean?
Hebrew: form of biblical Jehosheba; also read as Jo + Elizabeth
“God is an oath”
In the Bible, Jehosheba hid her infant nephew Joash from Queen Athaliah; Racine's play Athalie calls her Josabet.
Is Josabeth a girl's or a boy's name?
Josabeth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josabeth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Josabeth, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Josabeth in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josabeth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
Nicknames for Josabeth
Names like Josabeth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elliott Delilah Juniper Arisbeth Everly Jovie Neriah Arleth Josie Elowyn Eliza Lilith
Names related to Josabeth
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, “Josabeth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josabeth, updated 20 October 2026.