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.
Where Hosea is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#242 · 1 in 2,137
- Florida#263 · 1 in 2,200
- Mississippi#265 · 1 in 2,122
- Arkansas#309 · 1 in 2,585
- Louisiana#319 · 1 in 2,419
Best ever in a state: #179 in North Carolina, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #242 | 9 | 1 in 2,137 |
| Florida | #263 | 6 | 1 in 2,200 |
| Mississippi | #265 | 9 | 1 in 2,122 |
| Arkansas | #309 | 7 | 1 in 2,585 |
| Louisiana | #319 | 8 | 1 in 2,419 |
| North Carolina | #483 | 6 | 1 in 5,681 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 15,080 of them was named Hosea, which outranked 84.3% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).