Hosea — #2333 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hosea

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,414 babies named Hosea between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hosea currently holds the #2333 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hosea performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 583 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hosea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 253 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Hosea in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hosea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,414 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.