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How popular is “Josiah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Josiah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Josiah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Josiah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Josiah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Josiah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Josiah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Josiah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 26 0.000129042 26 -100%
1881 24 0.000124554 24 -100%
1882 24 0.000108336 24 -100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 -100%
1884 22 0.000090364 22 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 -100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 -100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 -100%
1890 11 0.000036496 11 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 -100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 12 0.000033568 12 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 36 0.000036435 36 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 33 0.000023299 33 -100%
1915 37 0.000020192 37 -100%
1916 44 0.000022746 44 -100%
1917 39 0.000019434 39 -100%
1918 35 0.000016121 35 -100%
1919 47 0.000022272 47 -100%
1920 29 0.000012817 29 -100%
1921 35 0.000014992 35 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 -100%
1925 30 0.000012857 30 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 -100%
1929 17 0.000007755 17 -100%
1930 24 0.000010795 24 -100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 -100%
1932 22 0.00001042 22 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 21 0.00000912 21 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 -100%
1946 15 0.000004694 15 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 21 0.000006026 21 -100%
1950 20 0.000005709 20 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 24 0.000006029 24 -100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 13 0.000003094 13 -100%
1958 20 0.000004838 20 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 -100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 -100%
1967 15 0.000004418 15 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 29 0.000008041 29 -100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 -100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 -100%
1974 64 0.000021053 64 -100%
1975 86 0.000028483 86 -100%
1976 123 0.000040537 123 -100%
1977 155 0.000048796 155 -100%
1978 159 0.000050097 159 -100%
1979 216 0.000064923 216 -100%
1980 256 0.000074321 256 -100%
1981 292 0.000084408 7 285 -95%
1982 367 0.000104619 367 -100%
1983 410 0.000118383 5 405 -98%
1984 479 0.000137298 9 470 -96%
1985 503 0.000140931 6 497 -98%
1986 489 0.000137472 489 -100%
1987 502 0.000139227 502 -100%
1988 544 0.000147224 544 -100%
1989 591 0.000153728 591 -100%
1990 677 0.000171285 677 -100%
1991 738 0.000189461 738 -100%
1992 788 0.00020514 5 783 -99%
1993 891 0.000236322 891 -100%
1994 926 0.000249082 10 916 -98%
1995 1027 0.000280436 9 1018 -98%
1996 1251 0.000343003 9 1242 -99%
1997 1393 0.000384196 12 1381 -98%
1998 1537 0.000417867 11 1526 -99%
1999 1753 0.00047457 11 1742 -99%
2000 2041 0.000539961 12 2029 -99%
2001 2251 0.000601327 12 2239 -99%
2002 2585 0.000691492 15 2570 -99%
2003 2694 0.000708515 10 2684 -99%
2004 2814 0.000736471 17 2797 -99%
2005 3270 0.000850489 11 3259 -99%
2006 3670 0.00092766 21 3649 -99%
2007 4241 0.001060865 17 4224 -99%
2008 4803 0.001221931 18 4785 -99%
2009 5039 0.00131905 20 5019 -99%
2010 5219 0.001412167 10 5209 -100%
2011 5289 0.001445954 17 5272 -99%
2012 5553 0.001518305 18 5535 -99%
2013 6329 0.001736033 15 6314 -100%
2014 6489 0.001750767 10 6479 -100%
2015 6687 0.001806852 15 6672 -100%
2016 7036 0.001917847 14 7022 -100%
2017 7086 0.001981436 13 7073 -100%
2018 6698 0.001905062 17 6681 -99%
2019 6859 0.001976126 21 6838 -99%
2020 6179 0.00184968 17 6162 -99%
2021 6157 0.001817324 11 6146 -100%
2022 5835 0.001724732 10 5825 -100%
2023 5435 0.001641401 5 5430 -100%
2024 5466 0.001642181 9 5457 -100%

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