Josafat
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoh-sah-FAHT
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Josafat is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has judged”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Josafat mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jehoshaphat
“God has judged”
The Spanish form of Jehoshaphat, a king of Judah praised in the Bible for his faithfulness.
Is Josafat a girl's or a boy's name?
Josafat is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josafat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Josafat, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Josafat in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josafat in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
Names like Josafat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Musa, Muhammad, Zamir, Hamza, Abdullah, Jamir, Zahir, Mustafa, Zayd, Asaiah, Salem
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, “Josafat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josafat, updated 20 October 2026.