Hosey

Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,318

Peak · boys
1886 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
389
since 1886

Hosey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hosey has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #959, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#3,3187
1962#4,0335
1961
1960#3,6656
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1956#2,9698
1955#3,8865
1954
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1951#3,7145
1950#2,5809
1949#3,6905
1948#2,7888
1947
1946#2,9197
1945#2,5748
1944
1943#3,5385
1942#3,2126
1941#3,5055
1940#3,4595
1939#2,8297
1938#2,8687
1937#2,9057
1936#3,1476
1935#2,5299
1934#2,5639
1933#2,5429
1932#2,31311
1931#2,8648
1930#3,5926
1929#3,5596
1928#2,8439
1927#3,1518
1926#2,9049
1925#3,4087
1924#2,47312
1923#2,9509
1922
1921#2,63211
1920#2,9679
1919#3,3917
1918#2,26013
1917#2,09114
1916#2,54310
1915#2,31011
1914#3,2645
1913#1,04923
1912#2,2696
1911#1,11710
1910#1,1189
1909#1,2776
1908#1,3735
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1900#1,0507
1899#1,0515
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1886#9595
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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.

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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s5#1,051 (1899)#1,051
1900s18#1,050 (1900)#1,233
1910s108#1,049 (1913)#2,141
1920s80#2,473 (1924)#2,987
1930s79#2,313 (1932)#2,815
1940s49#2,574 (1945)#3,211
1950s27#2,580 (1950)#3,287
1960s18#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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