Hossain — boys' name
13 babies named Hossain in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Hossain was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Hossain in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hossain
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Hossain between 2007 and 2014, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hossain currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hossain performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Hossain shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hossain in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hossain in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hossain at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Hossain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
13 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Hossain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7 births that decade — 54% of Hossain's all-time total
Hossain decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Hossain's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Hossain by state
Where Hossain concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 38.5% |
5 of 13 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 38.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 38.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.