Hussein — #1655 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hussein

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,320 babies named Hussein between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hussein currently holds the #1655 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 135 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hussein performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,069 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Hussein shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 1,162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hussein in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hussein 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 3,320 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.