Hosea

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hosea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hosea: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,027 in 2016, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2027highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2012	#2721
2013	#3822
2014	#3362
2015	#4747
2016	#2027
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#2728
2020	#3334
2021	#3017
2022	#2529
2023	#2546
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2027 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hosea by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hosea in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	53	10 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hosea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2027 in England and Wales in 2016.

Hosea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,027, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Hosna · #2150, 14y
Howard · #90, 53y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Freddie-Joe · #2027, 11y
Gaspard · #2027, 16y
Natanael · #2027, 15y
Yuvraaj · #2027, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Gaspard · #2027, 16y
Natanael · #2027, 15y
Yuvraaj · #2027, 17y
Anashe · #2025, 16y

Hosea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hosea without appearing here.

Hosea moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4789.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved the opposite way to Hosea

Espen Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hosea went from #4678 to #2263 while Espen went from #2941 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Hosea

Aksel Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hosea went from #4678 to #2263 and Aksel from #3332 to #1132.
Gunnar Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hosea went from #4678 to #2263 and Gunnar from #4678 to #2443.
Isak Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hosea went from #4678 to #2263 and Isak from #2941 to #1517.
Matheo Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hosea went from #4678 to #2263 and Matheo from #2629 to #1517.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2027 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hosea

Hosea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hosea by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hosea appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hosea and the names beside it

Hosea moved ahead of

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Hosea at a glance

Hosea by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hosea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hosea and the names beside it

Hosea moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Hosea

Moved the same way as Hosea