# Hussain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hussain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,069 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,069 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,579, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,010 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,191 |
| 2013 | 66 | 2,051 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,186 |
| 2015 | 86 | 1,772 |
| 2016 | 93 | 1,690 |
| 2017 | 97 | 1,635 |
| 2018 | 100 | 1,630 |
| 2019 | 91 | 1,728 |
| 2020 | 90 | 1,725 |
| 2021 | 80 | 1,907 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,832 |
| 2023 | 87 | 1,840 |
| 2024 | 101 | 1,665 |
| 2025 | 79 | 1,947 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 413 |
| 2012 | 102 | 402 |
| 2013 | 98 | 412 |
| 2014 | 100 | 406 |
| 2015 | 108 | 393 |
| 2016 | 119 | 380 |
| 2017 | 126 | 365 |
| 2018 | 118 | 375 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 101 | 404 |
| 2021 | 106 | 406 |
| 2022 | 106 | 399 |
| 2023 | 109 | 375 |
| 2024 | 102 | 398 |
| 2025 | 127 | 334 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.