Josiah

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Josiah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Josiah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #98 in 2001, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#98highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#588
1997	#331
1998	#430
1999	#451
2000	#430
2001	#317
2002	#426
2003	#320
2004	#334
2005	#379
2006	#319
2007	#330
2008	#301
2009	#297
2010	#317
2011	#313
2012	#288
2013	#272
2014	#291
2015	#275
2016	#280
2017	#237
2018	#219
2019	#252
2020	#248
2021	#234
2022	#240
2023	#242
2024	#212

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #212 among boys in England and Wales, #256 among boys in Northern Ireland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #588 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Josiah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,984 births with the name.

Josiah across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Josiah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#588 (1996)	#212 (2024)	#212 (2024)	29 of 29	3,984 (1996–2024)	238 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#244 (2000)	#226 (2021)	#256 (2024)	15 of 25	84 (2000–2024)	9 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#623 (2011)	#516 (2023)	#577 (2025)	11 of 15	45 (2011–2025)	6 (2023)

Josiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Josiah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	198	4 of 10	50
2000s	945	10 of 10	95
2010s	1,805	10 of 10	181
2020sbusiest	1,036	5 of 10	207

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 207 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 46, from 181 to 227.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Josiah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #98 in New Zealand in 2001.

Josiah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#212	234	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#242	198	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#240	199	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#234	214	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#248	191	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#252	196	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#219	238	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#237	227	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#280	181	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#275	185	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#291	159	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#272	176	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#288	160	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#313	144	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#317	139	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#297	143	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#301	137	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#330	111	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#319	109	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#379	82	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#334	90	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#320	87	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#426	53	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#317	84	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#430	49	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#451	48	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#430	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#331	73	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#98	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#256	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #98, first reached in 2001.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 238 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Joshua · #1, 55y
Joshua-James · #1095, 27y
Josie · #160, 30y
Josie-Leigh · #3695, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kyla · #98, 30y
Maverick · #97, 30y
Annabel · #100, 35y
Clayton · #100, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kyla · #98, 30y
Kaiden · #99, 29y
Maverick · #97, 30y
Autumn · #96, 30y

Josiah was ranked #98 in New Zealand · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Josiah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Josiah without appearing here.

Josiah moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #588 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #331 and #914.
Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #588 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #331 and #809.
Kenneth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #426 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #320 and #633.
Marius Compare
In 2022 they stood at #779 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #516 and #770.

Moved ahead of Josiah

Brodie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #541 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #749 and #369.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #331 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #430 and #182.
Noah Compare
In 2003 they stood at #244 and #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #305 and #108.
Carter Compare
In 2001 they stood at #317 and #339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #426 and #267.

Moved the opposite way to Josiah

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Josiah

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Josiah went from #588 to #212 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #98 in New Zealand in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Josiah

Josiah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Josiah across 3 official records

Josiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Josiah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Josiah at a glance

Josiah across 3 official records

Josiah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Josiah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Josiah

Josiah and the names beside it

Josiah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Josiah

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