Hussain — #1666 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hussain

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,989 babies named Hussain between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hussain currently holds the #1666 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 101 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hussain performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 781 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hussain shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Hussain in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hussain 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 1,989 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.