Yosiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-SY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,451 for boys
Yosiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God supports”. In 2025 it ranked 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Yosiah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Josiah
“God supports”
A spelling of Josiah, the king of Judah who led a major religious reform in the 7th century BC.
Is Yosiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Yosiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yosiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,451st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 107% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Yosiah, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Yosiah of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Yosiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yosiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
Names like Yosiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Messiah, Eziah, Azariah, Asaiah, Eliam, Asiah, Jesiah, Aziel, Joziah, Jasiah, Jaziel, Josiah
Names related to Yosiah
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, “Yosiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yosiah, updated 20 October 2026.