NameTides

Hussein

Hussein was the #1,886 boys' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #934 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Hussein as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hussein as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Hussein as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,886 (83)#934 (33)——#741 (36)
2024#1,650 (102)#898 (35)——#747 (35)
2023#1,608 (108)#1,243 (22)——#710 (36)
2022#1,720 (98)#878 (35)——#894 (27)
2021#1,667 (99)#1,055 (27)——#1,406 (14)
2020#1,634 (98)#1,051 (26)——#778 (31)
2019#1,823 (83)#1,369 (18)——#882 (26)
2018#1,744 (88)#1,061 (26)——#686 (37)
2017#1,384 (127)#1,097 (26)——#681 (37)
2016#1,419 (123)#1,050 (27)—#713 (3)#681 (38)
2015#1,307 (135)#692 (48)——#690 (37)
2014#1,432 (116)#837 (36)——#724 (34)
2013#1,433 (115)#837 (36)—#711 (3)#685 (36)
2012#1,617 (96)#962 (30)——#640 (38)
2011#1,611 (95)#781 (39)——#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #1,307.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1967.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Hussein is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hussein by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #420MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Hussein (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52123
Quebec2025#6236

Hussein (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HusseinCanadaBoys#74136
HusseinEngland & WalesBoys#93433
HusseinIrelandBoys—too few
HusseinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
HusseinScotlandBoys—too few
HusseinUSBoys#1,88683