How Many People Are Named Hussein?
people named Hussein are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,392 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,402 babies named Hussein in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of HUSAYN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hussein in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hussein alive today is about 18 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hussein first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2015, to 135 babies. In 2025, 83 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hussein has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,311, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #1,894.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,894 |
| Best rank | #1,311 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,531 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hussein alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hussein were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 1,160 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hussein was given 18.4 times as often in Michigan, 2.5 times in Minnesota and 2.1 times in New York.
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