Hussain

What Hussain means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Hussain yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Hussain?

US: Steady: #1767 in 2015, #1942 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #393 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 101 boys got the name (#1661 that year). First in the US records in 1978.

How common

• About 1 in 21,621 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,141 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.25 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.18 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Hussain is #1942 in the US and #334 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Hussain were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hassan447 US · 191 E&W
• Hussein83 US · 33 E&W
• Husayn31 US · 18 E&W
• Husain8 US · 5 E&W
• Hassaan0 US · 9 E&W
• Hussayn0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hussain

Boys

• Ameer#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*

For a sister

• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Noor#659“light”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hussain’s. Rank is US 2025.