Name meaning & stats
Josiah
Josiah means “Yahweh supports” (Hebrew origin). 148,250 US babies since 1940, peak 2017.
What it means
“Yahweh supports”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2017
148,250 US babies were named Josiah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Josiah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Josiah 94%
- Joziah 3%
- Josua <1%
- Josiyah <1%
- Josyah <1%
- Josaiah <1%
- Jossiah <1%
- Josuha <1%
- Johsua <1%
- Josia <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2017)