Boys' name · since 1919
Hose
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Hose, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,629 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hose sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 12 recorded since 1919.
Hose has 12 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1971.
- #32,629 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1919
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hose ranks #32,629 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1919, peaking in the 1970s.
- #32,629 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Hose's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hose's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Hose's full recorded timeline at 1971, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Hose popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Hose by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Hose's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Hose births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hose: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hose draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.