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Hosea

Boy Hebrew #2421 in 2023

Hosea is a boy name of Hebrew origin.

Meaning of Hosea

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible. From Hōsēās, from Ὡσηέ, from הוֹשֵׁעַ, from the masculine singular imperative of

Popularity of Hosea

Popularity, 1880–2023

56 births in 2023

1880 2023

5,354 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1925

74 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

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About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.