# Muhsin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/muhsin/  
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 | “charitable” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 653 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 653 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 339, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحْسِن (muḥsin, “charitable”).

## 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 | 25 | 4,069 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,978 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,105 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,092 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,754 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,102 |
| 2017 | 44 | 2,783 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,034 |
| 2019 | 43 | 2,885 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,469 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,222 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,255 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,207 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,199 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,970 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Muhsin

- Larry Kenon, American basketball 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.