Given name
Hosanna
“raising one's voice in praise of God”
Hosanna is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “raising one's voice in praise of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “raising one's voice in praise of God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hosanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,875
- 0 boys · 1,875 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 145 babies
- 2025
- 145
- #1,480 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 145 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,480 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida and Ohio and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,268 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hosanna’s family of names
Hosanna has a related form in Hosana. Hosanna has a related form in Hosanah. Hosanna has a related form in Hosane.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hosanna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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