Hoss
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Hoss is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Is Hoss a girl's or a boy's name?
Hoss is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hoss in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Hoss, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most boys named Hoss of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Hoss in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hoss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Hoss
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hayes Banks Wells Rhodes Atlas Saint Hendrix Atreus Kross Zayn Hudson Kylo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Hoss: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hoss, updated 20 October 2026.