Joziah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Joziah: Recorded since 2005, it reached #1,935 in 2020, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#1935highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2008	#3687
2009	#3744
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#2270
2013	#3822
2014	#3895
2015	#2150
2016	#3478
2017	#2512
2018	#1991
2019	#2104
2020	#1935
2021	#1984
2022	#4001
2023	#2546
2024	#2443

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 18 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #1935 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Joziah 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 Joziah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Joziah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1935 in England and Wales in 2020.

Joziah'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,935, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 25 births →

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.

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Jozef · #195, 66y
Juan · #209, 75y
Juanita · #354, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Easa · #1935, 17y
Flint · #1935, 20y
Layland · #1935, 16y
Oak · #1935, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Easa · #1935, 17y
Layland · #1935, 16y
Raffael · #1935, 18y
Aaya · #1934, 18y

Joziah 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 Joziah without appearing here.

Joziah moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Sander Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Ada Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #3830 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2270 and #4805.

Moved the opposite way to Joziah

Brooke Compare
Between 2005 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Joziah went from #3849 to #1935 while Brooke went from #1246 to #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1935 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joziah

Joziah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joziah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Joziah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Joziah and the names beside it

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Joziah at a glance

Joziah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Joziah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Joziah and the names beside it

Joziah moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Joziah