Hosey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hosey

The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Hosey between 1886 and 1963, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hosey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hosey performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Hosey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Hosey in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hosey 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 394 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.