# Hussein (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hussein/  
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 | 3,402 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,402 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 856, 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 | 95 | 1,613 |
| 2012 | 96 | 1,622 |
| 2013 | 115 | 1,438 |
| 2014 | 116 | 1,433 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1,311 |
| 2016 | 123 | 1,420 |
| 2017 | 127 | 1,390 |
| 2018 | 88 | 1,751 |
| 2019 | 83 | 1,829 |
| 2020 | 98 | 1,639 |
| 2021 | 99 | 1,672 |
| 2022 | 98 | 1,725 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,614 |
| 2024 | 102 | 1,655 |
| 2025 | 83 | 1,894 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 36 | 837 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 48 | 692 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 35 | 878 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## People named Hussein

- Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan, Crown Prince of Jordan (born 1994)
- Hussein Arnous, 68th Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic
- Hussein Maziq, former Prime Minister of Libya (1918-2006)
- Hussein Fahmy, Egyptian actor (born 1940)
- Hussein el-Shafei, Egyptian revolutionary and politician (1918–2005)
- Hussein Hegazi, Egyptian footballer (1891–1961)
- Hussein Zaky, Egyptian handball player
- Hussein Bassir, Egyptian archaeologist
- Hussein Bakr Abdin Hosam, Egyptian boxer
- Hussein Kamal, Egyptian television, film and theatre director (1932-2003)
- Hussein Bicar, Egyptian artist (1913-2002)
- Hussein Sayed, Egyptian association football player

## 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.