Josias
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #950 for boys
Josias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 950th for boys in the US (247 babies).
What does Josias mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew, the New Testament Greek form of Josiah.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Josias a girl's or a boy's name?
Josias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 247 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Josias, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Josias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Josias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 950th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 247 about 1 in 6,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 247 boys in the US were named Josias, making it the 950th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,031st. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had the most boys named Josias of any year since it first appeared, in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Josias in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 | #950 |
| 2024 | 214 | #1,038 |
| 2023 | 193 | #1,103 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,084 |
| 2021 | 176 | #1,143 |
| 2020 | 199 | #1,031 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,312 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,418 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,314 |
| 2016 | 136 | #1,320 |
| 2015 | 148 | #1,231 |
| 2014 | 147 | #1,237 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,498 |
| 2011 | 98 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,626 |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,510 |
| 2008 | 78 | #1,861 |
| 2007 | 91 | #1,669 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,855 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,882 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Josias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Tobias, Luca, Jude, Ezra, Jonah, Matteo, Elijah, Matias, Thiago, Lucas, Matthias
Names related to Josias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Josias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josias, updated 20 October 2026.