Josias

Boy · recorded 1975–2025

  • #950in 2025
  • 1 in 6,915boys in 2025
  • +87%last ten years
  • 2.1×in New Jersey

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 87% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1975

07314519751988200020132025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Josias, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19753
19793
19804
19814
19826
19838
19853
19863
19875
19887
19897
19907
19919
19928
199312
199416
199514
199617
199715
199824
199921
200019
200126
200228
200331
200430
200526
200636
200744
200838
200955
201050
201152
201256
201360
201477
201577
201672
201774
201868
201977
2020115
2021101
2022115
2023113
2024124
2025145

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 2.1×
  2. Texas 1.7×
  3. North Carolina 1.6×
  4. Georgia 1.3×
  5. Florida 1.3×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
247
Rank in 2025
#950
How rare
1 in 6,915 boys
Since 1975
3,517

Most popular in 2025, at 145 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 87% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey2.1×32
Texas1.7×112
North Carolina1.6×31
Georgia1.3×26
Florida1.3×47

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.