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Hussein

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Hussein is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 102 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1020.01% of boys
Peak year
2015135 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1967
3,320people given the name
Babies named Hussein, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,320 boys have been named Hussein in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 135 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Hussein
1960s6
1970s68
1980s256
1990s551
2000s865
2010s1,069
2020s505

In 2015, its biggest year

Hussein was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.

Names that rose and fell with Hussein

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.