Husam — boys' name
439 babies named Husam in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Husam was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Husam in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Husam
The Social Security Administration has registered 439 babies named Husam between 1978 and 2023, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Husam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Husam performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Husam shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Husam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Husam 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 439 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.
Husam at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Husam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1978
- Peak year (2002)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
439 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 19 births in a single year.
Husam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 119 births that decade — 27% of Husam's all-time total
Husam decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Husam's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Husam by state
Where Husam concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 439 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1978–2023 (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.