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How popular is the name Hussain?
Births per year, rank history and how many Hussains are alive today.
Hussain (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 334th in 2025 with 127 babies given the name. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 126 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Hussain is one spelling of a name also recorded as Huseyin and Hussein; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Hussain you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Hussains born in England and Wales are between 8 and 24, and there are at least 4,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Hussain.
How many babies are named Hussain each year?
Includes all spellings: Hussain, Huseyin, Hussein. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Hussain spelling rank?
Where does the Huseyin spelling rank?
Where does the Hussein spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Hussain most popular?
Hussain peaked in 2015, when 170 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Hussain?
At least 4,300 people named Hussain in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hussain?
Most living Hussains are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 10.
Is Hussain becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.