boys:
394 births since 1886
#4192 (9th percentile)
overall:
394 births since 1886
#7345 (5th percentile)
The name Hosey is the #7,345 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 394 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,192 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 394 births since 1886.
Hosey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (first recorded for boys in 1886). Birth data for Hosey is available in 50 out of the 78 years between 1886 and 1963. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Hosey reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #390) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 43 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1963.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hosey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Hosey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.4% confident that Hosey is pronounced as HOH-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HOH-see, at 11.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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