Jossiah
Boy · jo-SY-a · Hebrew
Jossiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God supports”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Jossiah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Josiah
“God supports”
Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight and is praised in the Bible for his religious reforms.
- Say it
- jo-SY-a
Meaning borrowed from Josiah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jossiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jossiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jossiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Jossiah, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Jossiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,523 boys in the US were given Jossiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #66, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Josiah 5,509
- Jossiah 14
Jossiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
Names like Jossiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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