Hoss
#6,589 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Hoss has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #6,589 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 13 recorded.
Babies named Hoss, 2025
1 in 255,000
Hoss over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Hoss?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 255,000
- 13 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 131,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #6,589
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 176,762 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Hoss sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hoss. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Hosss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Hoss was born before 2020 — so the typical Hoss is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 54.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 90.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 104
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 54.8% of all recorded uses (57).
Is Hoss rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,376
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +2,433
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +4,606
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 2.17×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (13)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.6% average annual change
Spellings of Hoss
Hoss is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 71.9% against Hoss's 0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Hoss around the world
Where Hoss ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1974–1974#455in 1974
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Hoss by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Hoss
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Hoss
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.