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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Jehovah has healed. Biblical Josiah became king of Judah at eight after his father was assassinated. He ruled 31 years.
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Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2023 | Boys | 6 | 2614 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 6 | 3256 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2012 | Girls | 5 | 16869 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 221 | 1015 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English entry explicitly records male given-name use. Language of use is separate from the older licensed Hebrew origin label, which remains independently unreviewed. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Each spelling retains separate popularity records.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Joe explicitly documents a Josiah short-form relationship, and Joziah explicitly documents its Josiah spelling-family link. This is a name-family nickname suggestion, not evidence of every Joziah’s preferred short form. It is not a spelling variant, and no English parent-name IPA is transferred. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Each spelling retains separate popularity records.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Licensed Oddity Software Baby Names Plus database. Cleaned and matched to this spelling; not independently verified. The source label may describe language, region, or tradition rather than a precise linguistic derivation.
Licensed publication use; not an open-data license
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Supports the qualified name-family nickname suggestion, not an assertion that every bearer uses Joe. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Each spelling retains separate popularity records.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Supporting the exact spelling-family relationship only. The current licensed meaning includes historical biography; that full entry remains preserved without being reclassified as independently corroborated by this relationship review. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Each spelling retains separate popularity records.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The exact English entry explicitly documents this spelling relationship. Its editorial standardness label is not used to judge the name or its bearer. Parent-name pronunciation and meaning are not automatically assigned to the Joziah spelling. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. Each spelling retains separate popularity records.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
