Hosea
Boy · Hebrew
Hosea is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Hosea mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
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Is Hosea a girl's or a boy's name?
Hosea is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hosea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Hosea, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more boys named Hosea than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Hosea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Hosea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Hosea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Hosea, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 74 boys.
2025 had more boys named Hosea than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Hosea in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hosea in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,137 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 38 | #1,785 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,311 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 39 | #1,336 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,163 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1963 | 60 | #970 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,107 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,049 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,014 |
| 1956 | 58 | #976 |
| 1955 | 58 | #987 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,006 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 69 | #842 |
| 1950 | 55 | #925 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,052 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,018 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 52 | #876 |
| 1940 | 55 | #850 |
| 1939 | 49 | #888 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 55 | #824 |
| 1936 | 52 | #844 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 47 | #917 |
| 1933 | 50 | #875 |
| 1932 | 59 | #829 |
| 1931 | 49 | #922 |
| 1930 | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,111 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 67 | #811 |
| 1926 | 58 | #875 |
| 1925 | 74 | #766 |
| 1924 | 65 | #849 |
| 1923 | 72 | #777 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,010 |
| 1921 | 56 | #939 |
| 1920 | 62 | #865 |
| 1919 | 56 | #890 |
| 1918 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | 49 | #909 |
| 1916 | 56 | #834 |
| 1915 | 45 | #925 |
| 1914 | 32 | #986 |
| 1913 | 33 | #835 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 21 | #634 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 20 | #507 |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 25 | #404 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 15 | #482 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 16 | #431 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
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