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Hussein

#1,894 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Husayn

Hussein has been given to 3,402 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #1,894 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 135 recorded.

Babies named Hussein, 2025

1 in 39,900

Hussein over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hussein: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Husayn

Arabic

What Hussein means

Hussein is a alternate transcription of Husayn.

Origin, language, and formation

Hussein is used in English and Italian. Its origins include Arabic.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Husayn and حُسَيْن.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Hussein is pronounced /usˈsɛjn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,402 boys were recorded with the name Hussein between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 135 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,311 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,639 in 2020 to #1,894 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,311 in 2015 to #1,894 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Hussein?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,900
83 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 20,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,894
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,687 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hussein 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,687 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hussein. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Husseins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hussein was born before 2009 — so the typical Hussein is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
31.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,402
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 31.4% of all recorded uses (1,069).

Is Hussein 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
−239
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−255
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−583
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.61×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.5%
Peak was 2015 (135)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,311
2015

Spellings of Hussein

Hussein is the most-used spelling, taking 56.3% of the 6,039 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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.

Where Hussein is used

Across 2016–2025, Hussein was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 1,471 boys, against 1 in 11,943 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

168 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 1,471
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 4,348
  3. 3New York1 in 9,091
  4. 4California1 in 20,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 20,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 25,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in 33,333
  8. 8Illinois1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Hussein around the world

Where Hussein 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #934
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1986–1986
    #317
    in 1986
  • Ireland
    2013–2016
    #713
    in 2016
  • France
    1965–2025
    #1,087
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2024
    #435
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #756
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1972–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Hussein

People whose public names include Hussein, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Hussein in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Hussein. Linked forms have their own page here.

HuseinHossainHosseinHoucineHusejinHüseyin

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Hussein by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,894
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 255
Best rank ever
#1,311
2015
Peak year
2015
135 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,402
Count in 2025
83

Names similar to Hussein

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

HussainHustonHuseinHusainDameinHussamHusaynHusamHussienKleinKhyreinZeinHusnainDaymeinHussanHosseinHusaniReinDarreinAdreinHussenSteinEinJadein

Names with a curve like Hussein

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Hussein, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KlaytonNeelKeoniDezmondMuhammedAvrohomKeelanAdnanKainoaYehoshuaRamsesAleksander

Sibling names for Hussein

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

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