Hosanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hoh-ZAN-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,478 for girls
Hosanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “save, we pray”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,478th for girls in the US (145 babies).
What does Hosanna mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew cry of praise, via Greek
“save, we pray”
Crowds shouted Hosanna as Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Is Hosanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Hosanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 145 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hosanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Hosanna, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hosanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Hosanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Hosanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,478th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 145 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 145 girls in the US were named Hosanna, making it the 1,478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,908th. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hosanna of any year since it first appeared, in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Hosanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hosanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #1,478 |
| 2024 | 134 | #1,575 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 82 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,586 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,908 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 77 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 72 | #2,497 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,654 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Hosanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Aria, Amara, Ariella, Sienna, Ava, Amira, Hawa, Alora, Isabella, Safa, Syeda
Names related to Hosanna
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hosanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hosanna, updated 20 October 2026.