girls:
5 births since 2012
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
4.9k births since 1995
#1714 (63rd percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1995
#3895 (50th percentile)
The name Joziah is the #3,895 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,914 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 49.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,714 (62.6% percentile) for all time with 4,909 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2012.
Joziah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 2012 for girls).
The name Joziah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Joziah reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 36.1% percentile (ranked #586) with 189 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 194 births per million (ranked 36.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Joziah ranks #645 for boys (29.2% percentile) with 150 births per million, which is 77.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Joziah reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #937) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joziah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Joziah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 24 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Josiah" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Josiah..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Joziah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Joziah is pronounced as joh-ZAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-zai-uh, at 24.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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