US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE HOSEA

Same rise and fall as Hosea, around the same years.

WHERE HOSEA IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Hosea ranked highest in Pennsylvania (#2,028) and lowest in California (#4,783). 48 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Hosea name popularity

Hosea has been given to 5,501 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1925, when 74 babies got the name, and its best rank was #769 in 1885.

In 2025, 67 babies were named Hosea (#4,581 in the country), 9% below the peak. That is down 1% from 2015.

Almost every Hosea is a boy.

An estimated 3.3K people named Hosea are alive in the US today, with a median age of 43.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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