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How popular is the name Hussein?
Births per year, rank history and how many Husseins are alive today.
Hussein (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Hussain in England and Wales, ranked 934th in 2025 with 33 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2015, when 48 babies were given the name, the 692nd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1369 in 2019 before climbing back to the 934th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
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 Hussein each year?
Includes all spellings: Hussein, Huseyin, Hussain. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Hussein spelling rank?
Where does the Huseyin spelling rank?
Where does the Hussain 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 Hussein most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Hussain, peaked in 2015, when 170 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Hussein spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 48 babies.
How many people are called Hussein?
At least 4,300 people named Hussein in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Hussein?
Most living Husseins are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 10.
Is Hussein becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.