Description of the name "Josiah"

Josiah is most popular name in New Mexico of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Generation Alpha in South. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is rising.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in South, and too falling for male in South

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Josiah'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Josiah'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Josiah"

Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Josiah" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Josiah" is 1047th out of 1480 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Josiah" is 884th out of 1316 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Josiah" is 347th out of 1329 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Josiah" is 121st out of 1377 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Josiah" is 52nd out of 1201 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and regions

In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 257th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 285th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 135th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 120th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 120th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 113th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 63rd out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 65th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of South, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 40th out of 1201 names of Boy.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of West, the popularity of name "Josiah" is 55th out of 1201 names of Boy.
 
 

Popularities by states

In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.