How Many People Are Named Josafat?
An estimated 443 people in the United States have the first name Josafat. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Josafat peaked in popularity in 2003 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Josafat as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Josafat paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
443
About 1 in 773,712 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2003
20 births
Total Registered
449
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Josafat
Josafat is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 449 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Josafat as a male name
Ranked #11,562 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2003 (20 births)
Josafat: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Josafat span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 141 babies were registered. While Josafat is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Josafat by Decade
How has Josafat tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Josafat by State
Josafat + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Josafat as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Josafat: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Josafat?
We estimate approximately 443 people named Josafat are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 773,712 Americans share this first name.
Is Josafat a common name?
Josafat is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 449 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Josafat most popular?
Josafat reached peak popularity in 2003, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Josafat is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Josafat a male name?
Josafat is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Josafat Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Josafat Smith, Josafat Johnson, Josafat Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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