Hosey
- Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,318
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 389since 1886
Hosey over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Hosey has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
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| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Hosey! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Hosey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Hosey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Hosey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,242
- Highest: 1 in 21,242 boys born in 1899 were named Hosey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 290,154 boys born in 1963 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #959 in 1886, was only 1 in 22,157 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 27.8% of all boys named Hosey (108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,049 (1913) | #2,141 |
| 1920s | 80 | #2,473 (1924) | #2,987 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,313 (1932) | #2,815 |
| 1940s | 49 | #2,574 (1945) | #3,211 |
| 1950s | 27 | #2,580 (1950) | #3,287 |
| 1960s | 18 | #3,318 (1963) | #3,672 |
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.
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