Hosteen

Boys' name

Young woman, wife, lady, through hastiin

Hosteen has been given to 65 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1883, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Hosteen, 1902

1 in 64,500

Hosteen over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hosteen: meaning, origin, and history

Young woman, wife, lady, through hastiin

Navajo

What Hosteen means

Hosteen belongs to the name family reached through Hosteen → hastiin. Its meaning is “young woman, wife, lady”.

Origin, language, and formation

Hosteen is used in English. Its origins include Navajo.

Hosteen comes through Navajo hastiin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include hastiin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 65 boys were recorded with the name Hosteen between 1880 and 1902. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1883; its best national rank was #699 in 1883.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Hosteen?

Hosteen had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1902, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1902: 1 in 64,500; 6 of 386,710 births
Among boys only: 1 in 20,400; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1902: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 44,676 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hosteen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1902 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 44,676 children born in 1902 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hosteen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hosteens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hosteen was born before 1887 — so the typical Hosteen is around 138 today.

Median birth year: 1887; About 138 years old
Biggest decade: 1880s; 60.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1880s — 60.0% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Hosteen 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1883 (8)
Years since peak: 142; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #699; 1883

Hosteen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #699; 1883
Peak year: 1883; 8 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1902
All-time count: 65
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hosteen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hossam Hossein Yameen Jaydeen Hoskie Makeen Mubeen Zaheen Yasseen Hoss Alameen Tysheen Yaqeen Hosam Hossain Fardeen Hakeen Aideen Doreen Armeen Shaheen Rakeen Arteen Kadeen

Sibling names for Hosteen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lulu Maud Bess Maude Meta Hulda Golda Lauretta

For a brother

Garfield Grover Will Dewey Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield

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