Hosea is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1925 and remains in steady use.
Hosea is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,154 for boy births in the United States (and #4,599 across all names), given to 67 babies. Hosea was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1925 (74 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,154 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,354 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,423 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | — | #2,225 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,635 |
| 2020 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,247 |
| 2019 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,824 |
| 2018 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,245 |
| 2017 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,330 |
| 2016 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,349 |
| 2015 | 68 | 68 | — | #2,074 |
| 2014 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,141 |
| 2013 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,637 |
| 2012 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,165 |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,922 |
| 2010 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,443 |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,959 |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,588 |
| 2007 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,634 |
| 2006 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,339 |
| 2005 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,561 |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,568 |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,225 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,215 |
| 2001 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,581 |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,832 |
| 1999 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,138 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,227 |
| 1997 | 23 | — | — | #3,201 |
| 1996 | 38 | — | — | #2,197 |
| 1995 | 27 | — | — | #2,713 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | — | #2,719 |
| 1993 | 31 | — | — | #2,421 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | #2,941 |
| 1991 | 47 | — | — | #1,729 |
| 1990 | 40 | — | — | #1,915 |
| 1989 | 31 | — | — | #2,217 |
| 1988 | 38 | — | — | #1,800 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | — | #2,241 |
| 1986 | 29 | — | — | #2,027 |
| 1985 | 34 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | — | #2,645 |
| 1983 | 26 | — | — | #2,043 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | — | #2,299 |
| 1981 | 30 | — | — | #1,874 |
| 1980 | 29 | — | — | #1,923 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | — | #1,502 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | — | #1,770 |
| 1977 | 41 | — | — | #1,436 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | — | #1,899 |
| 1975 | 45 | — | — | #1,292 |
| 1974 | 42 | — | — | #1,320 |
| 1973 | 48 | — | — | #1,194 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | — | #1,238 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 39 | — | — | #1,343 |
| 1969 | 34 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1968 | 46 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1967 | 36 | — | — | #1,266 |
| 1966 | 29 | — | — | #1,437 |
| 1965 | 42 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1964 | 49 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1963 | 60 | — | — | #974 |
| 1962 | 42 | — | — | #1,206 |
| 1961 | 50 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1960 | 51 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1959 | 54 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1958 | 60 | — | — | #985 |
| 1957 | 56 | — | — | #1,018 |
| 1956 | 58 | — | — | #980 |
| 1955 | 58 | — | — | #990 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | — | #1,013 |
| 1953 | 43 | — | — | #1,130 |
| 1952 | 47 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1951 | 69 | — | — | #844 |
| 1950 | 55 | — | — | #930 |
| 1949 | 44 | — | — | #1,065 |
| 1948 | 57 | — | — | #913 |
| 1947 | 47 | — | — | #1,056 |
| 1946 | 40 | — | — | #1,103 |
| 1945 | 26 | — | — | #1,311 |
| 1944 | 38 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1943 | 43 | — | — | #1,028 |
| 1942 | 35 | — | — | #1,179 |
| 1941 | 52 | — | — | #879 |
| 1940 | 55 | — | — | #853 |
| 1939 | 49 | — | — | #896 |
| 1938 | 34 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1937 | 55 | — | — | #827 |
| 1936 | 52 | — | — | #849 |
| 1935 | 31 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1934 | 47 | — | — | #923 |
| 1933 | 50 | — | — | #878 |
| 1932 | 59 | — | — | #831 |
| 1931 | 54 | — | #4,617 | #929 |
| 1930 | 48 | — | — | #987 |
| 1929 | 39 | — | — | #1,120 |
| 1928 | 41 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1927 | 72 | — | #5,144 | #815 |
| 1926 | 58 | — | — | #884 |
| 1925 | 74 | — | — | #770 |
| 1924 | 65 | — | — | #853 |
| 1923 | 72 | — | — | #781 |
| 1922 | 49 | — | — | #1,013 |
| 1921 | 61 | — | #5,457 | #943 |
| 1920 | 62 | — | — | #869 |
| 1919 | 56 | — | — | #892 |
| 1918 | 49 | — | — | #954 |
| 1917 | 49 | — | — | #914 |
| 1916 | 56 | — | — | #837 |
| 1915 | 45 | — | — | #933 |
| 1914 | 37 | — | #3,875 | #992 |
| 1913 | 33 | — | — | #843 |
| 1912 | 32 | — | — | #773 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | — | #951 |
| 1910 | 21 | — | — | #645 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #870 |
| 1908 | 17 | — | — | #642 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | — | #793 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #692 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | — | #516 |
| 1904 | 15 | — | — | #599 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | — | #715 |
| 1902 | 25 | — | — | #407 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #662 |
| 1900 | 18 | — | — | #592 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #986 |
| 1898 | 18 | — | — | #495 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | — | #663 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #568 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | — | #623 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | — | #908 |
| 1893 | 15 | — | — | #487 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | — | #657 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | — | #619 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | — | #646 |
| 1889 | 15 | — | — | #489 |
| 1888 | 17 | — | — | #473 |
| 1887 | 16 | — | — | #431 |
| 1886 | 17 | — | — | #440 |
| 1885 | 24 | — | — | #360 |
| 1884 | 19 | — | — | #421 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #574 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #622 |
| 1881 | 16 | — | — | #437 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | — | #619 |