Boys' name · since 1973
Hoss
104 babies named Hoss in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,147 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,545 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hoss currently ranks #6545 among boys' names in America, with 104 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hoss has been recorded 104 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #6545 nationally and more common than 53% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #17,147 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,545 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 104 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hoss ranks #17,147 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,545 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 104 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,147 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,545 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hoss's 104 recorded births place it above 62.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hoss compares
104 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hoss's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hoss | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 104 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hoss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hoss splits its recorded history at 2019: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hoss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Hoss by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (57 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Hoss's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Hoss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 57 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 1973–2025 (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 Hoss 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.