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Hosea: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 67 in 2025. Its best rank was #360 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #360 in 1885; #2,154 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Hosea in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,154 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #360.
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Hosea: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 67 boys in 2025. Peak: #360 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 74 (1925).
In 2025, 67 US boys were named Hosea, making it the 2,154th most common boys’ name of the year, up 200 places from #2,354 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 60 boys named Hosea in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #360, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 74, in 1925. For comparison, it was #2,074 in 2015 and #930 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hosea in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 5,501 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 593 babies named Hosea.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 575 US boys were named Hosea; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 67. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,494 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hosea ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #940 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Hosie, Hosey and Hosia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Hosey and Hosie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Hosie (1,242), Hosey (389), Hosia (25).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 6 | #940 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,353 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,168 | #2,527 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 67 | #2,154 |
| 2024 | — | — | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2023 | — | — | 56 | #2,423 |
| 2022 | — | — | 65 | #2,225 |
| 2021 | — | — | 49 | #2,635 |
| 2020 | — | — | 61 | #2,247 |
| 2019 | — | — | 44 | #2,824 |
| 2018 | — | — | 61 | #2,245 |
| 2017 | — | — | 56 | #2,330 |
| 2016 | — | — | 56 | #2,349 |
| 2015 | — | — | 68 | #2,074 |
| 2014 | — | — | 64 | #2,141 |
| 2013 | — | — | 45 | #2,637 |
| 2012 | — | — | 62 | #2,165 |
| 2011 | — | — | 40 | #2,922 |
| 2010 | — | — | 51 | #2,443 |
| 2009 | — | — | 26 | #3,959 |
| 2008 | — | — | 30 | #3,588 |
| 2007 | — | — | 29 | #3,634 |
| 2006 | — | — | 32 | #3,339 |
| 2005 | — | — | 27 | #3,561 |
| 2004 | — | — | 26 | #3,568 |
| 2003 | — | — | 29 | #3,225 |
| 2002 | — | — | 28 | #3,215 |
| 2001 | — | — | 37 | #2,581 |
| 2000 | — | — | 32 | #2,832 |
| 1999 | — | — | 26 | #3,138 |
| 1998 | — | — | 24 | #3,227 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | #3,201 |
| 1996 | — | — | 38 | #2,197 |
| 1995 | — | — | 27 | #2,713 |
| 1994 | — | — | 27 | #2,719 |
| 1993 | — | — | 31 | #2,421 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,941 |
| 1991 | — | — | 47 | #1,729 |
| 1990 | — | — | 40 | #1,915 |
| 1989 | — | — | 31 | #2,217 |
| 1988 | — | — | 38 | #1,800 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,241 |
| 1986 | — | — | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1985 | — | — | 34 | #1,774 |
| 1984 | — | — | 18 | #2,645 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,043 |
| 1982 | — | — | 22 | #2,299 |
| 1981 | — | — | 30 | #1,874 |
| 1980 | — | — | 29 | #1,923 |
| 1979 | — | — | 40 | #1,502 |
| 1978 | — | — | 30 | #1,770 |
| 1977 | — | — | 41 | #1,436 |
| 1976 | — | — | 26 | #1,899 |
| 1975 | — | — | 45 | #1,292 |
| 1974 | — | — | 42 | #1,320 |
| 1973 | — | — | 48 | #1,194 |
| 1972 | — | — | 45 | #1,238 |
| 1971 | — | — | 38 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | — | — | 39 | #1,343 |
| 1969 | — | — | 34 | #1,386 |
| 1968 | — | — | 46 | #1,109 |
| 1967 | — | — | 36 | #1,266 |
| 1966 | — | — | 29 | #1,437 |
| 1965 | — | — | 42 | #1,175 |
| 1964 | — | — | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1963 | — | — | 60 | #974 |
| 1962 | — | — | 42 | #1,206 |
| 1961 | — | — | 50 | #1,111 |
| 1960 | — | — | 51 | #1,087 |
| 1959 | — | — | 54 | #1,054 |
| 1958 | — | — | 60 | #985 |
| 1957 | — | — | 56 | #1,018 |
| 1956 | — | — | 58 | #980 |
| 1955 | — | — | 58 | #990 |
| 1954 | — | — | 55 | #1,013 |
| 1953 | — | — | 43 | #1,130 |
| 1952 | — | — | 47 | #1,058 |
| 1951 | — | — | 69 | #844 |
| 1950 | — | — | 55 | #930 |
| 1949 | — | — | 44 | #1,065 |
| 1948 | — | — | 57 | #913 |
| 1947 | — | — | 47 | #1,056 |
| 1946 | — | — | 40 | #1,103 |
| 1945 | — | — | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1944 | — | — | 38 | #1,075 |
| 1943 | — | — | 43 | #1,028 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,179 |
| 1941 | — | — | 52 | #879 |
| 1940 | — | — | 55 | #853 |
| 1939 | — | — | 49 | #896 |
| 1938 | — | — | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1937 | — | — | 55 | #827 |
| 1936 | — | — | 52 | #849 |
| 1935 | — | — | 31 | #1,215 |
| 1934 | — | — | 47 | #923 |
| 1933 | — | — | 50 | #878 |
| 1932 | — | — | 59 | #831 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,617 | 49 | #929 |
| 1930 | — | — | 48 | #987 |
| 1929 | — | — | 39 | #1,120 |
| 1928 | — | — | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,144 | 67 | #815 |
| 1926 | — | — | 58 | #884 |
| 1925 | — | — | 74 | #770 |
| 1924 | — | — | 65 | #853 |
| 1923 | — | — | 72 | #781 |
| 1922 | — | — | 49 | #1,013 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,457 | 56 | #943 |
| 1920 | — | — | 62 | #869 |
| 1919 | — | — | 56 | #892 |
| 1918 | — | — | 49 | #954 |
| 1917 | — | — | 49 | #914 |
| 1916 | — | — | 56 | #837 |
| 1915 | — | — | 45 | #933 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,875 | 32 | #992 |
| 1913 | — | — | 33 | #843 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #773 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #951 |
| 1910 | — | — | 21 | #645 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #870 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #642 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #793 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #692 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #516 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #599 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #715 |
| 1902 | — | — | 25 | #407 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #662 |
| 1900 | — | — | 18 | #592 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #986 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #495 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #663 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #568 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #623 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #908 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #487 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #657 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #619 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #646 |
| 1889 | — | — | 15 | #489 |
| 1888 | — | — | 17 | #473 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #431 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #440 |
| 1885 | — | — | 24 | #360 |
| 1884 | — | — | 19 | #421 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #574 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #622 |
| 1881 | — | — | 16 | #437 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #619 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).