Hosea
Last seen for girls in 1931 at #4,331 · #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,481since 1880
Hosea over time
Rank among boys' names. Hosea has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,145 | 67 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,345 | 60 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,416 | 56 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,217 | 65 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,623 | 49 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,235 | 61 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,808 | 44 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,230 | 61 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,319 | 56 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,335 | 56 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,068 | 68 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,138 | 64 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,155 | 62 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,904 | 40 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,429 | 51 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,561 | 30 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,306 | 32 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,528 | 27 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,562 | 37 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,805 | 32 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,103 | 26 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,160 | 23 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,183 | 38 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,399 | 31 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,725 | 47 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,206 | 31 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,790 | 38 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,215 | 26 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,865 | 30 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,431 | 41 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,280 | 45 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,186 | 48 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,230 | 45 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,337 | 39 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,376 | 34 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,253 | 36 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,082 | 49 | |
| 1963 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,204 | 42 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,108 | 50 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1958 | — | #978 | 60 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,015 | 56 | |
| 1956 | — | #977 | 58 | |
| 1955 | — | #988 | 58 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,055 | 47 | |
| 1951 | — | #843 | 69 | |
| 1950 | — | #926 | 55 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,063 | 44 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,053 | 47 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,070 | 38 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,018 | 43 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,167 | 35 | |
| 1941 | — | #876 | 52 | |
| 1940 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1939 | — | #888 | 49 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #824 | 55 | |
| 1936 | — | #844 | 52 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,194 | 31 | |
| 1934 | — | #917 | 47 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | — | #976 | 48 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,095 | 41 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #811 | 67 |
| 1926 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1925 | — | #766 | 74 | |
| 1924 | — | #849 | 65 | |
| 1923 | — | #777 | 72 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,010 | 49 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #939 | 56 |
| 1920 | — | #865 | 62 | |
| 1919 | — | #890 | 56 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #909 | 49 | |
| 1916 | — | #834 | 56 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | — | #835 | 33 | |
| 1912 | — | #765 | 32 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #634 | 21 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #482 | 15 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hosea was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hosea
- 200 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #2,145)
- 90 spots since 2020 (#2,235 → #2,145)
- 77 spots since 2015 (#2,068 → #2,145)
- Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1900 (#928 → #578)
- Biggest drop: 443 spots in 1899 (#485 → #928)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #355 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1921
- Highest: 1 in 4,492 boys born in 1885 were named Hosea (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 10.6% of all boys named Hosea (583) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 155 | #355 (1885) | #477 |
| 1890s | 114 | #479 (1893) | #643 |
| 1900s | 154 | #404 (1902) | #633 |
| 1910s | 386 | #634 (1910) | #865 |
| 1920s | 583 | #766 (1925) | #910 |
| 1930s | 474 | #824 (1937) | #938 |
| 1940s | 437 | #850 (1940) | #1,040 |
| 1950s | 555 | #843 (1951) | #996 |
| 1960s | 439 | #971 (1963) | #1,177 |
| 1970s | 394 | #1,186 (1973) | #1,427 |
| 1980s | 283 | #1,764 (1985) | #2,066 |
| 1990s | 306 | #1,725 (1991) | #2,595 |
| 2000s | 296 | #2,562 (2001) | #3,318 |
| 2010s | 547 | #2,068 (2015) | #2,401 |
| 2020s | 358 | #2,145 (2025) | #2,330 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hosea in 1914
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
girls
761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 152,316 of them was named Hosea, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 588 names at #3,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 20,461 of them was named Hosea, which outranked 73.8% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).