Hosteen
Hosteen was last recorded in 1902, when 6 babies were given it; 65 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1902 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hosteen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hosteen mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hosteen is “a male given name from Navajo.”
Borrowed from Navajo hastiin.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hosteen?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #1,070, in 1902; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
8 babies in 1883, the peak
Hosteen peaked in 1883, when 8 boys were given it, #699 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 6 | #1,070 | 48.9 |
| 1895 | 7 | #929 | 59.6 |
| 1893 | 6 | #961 | 53.4 |
| 1890 | 7 | #845 | 63.0 |
| 1888 | 6 | #978 | 49.6 |
| 1887 | 7 | #789 | 69.0 |
| 1885 | 7 | #800 | 64.9 |
| 1883 | 8 | #699 | 76.5 |
| 1881 | 6 | #821 | 59.6 |
| 1880 | 5 | #978 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hosteen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hosteen has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 10 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Hosteen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hosteen, and how old are they?
Almost everyone recorded as Hosteen was born before 1900, so the estimate of Americans with the name alive today rounds to none. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hosteen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pink | 1,127 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hosteen and names like it
- Compare Hosteen and PinkBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1880sHosteen peaked in 1883.
- The top names of 1883The year the most babies were named Hosteen.
- Names starting with HMost given first.