Husayn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-SAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Husayn is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little good one, handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Husayn mean?
Arabic: diminutive of Hasan
“little good one, handsome”
Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was killed at Karbala in 680, an event mourned at Ashura.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Husayn a girl's or a boy's name?
Husayn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Husayn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Husayn, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Husayn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 190 boys in the UK were given Husayn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #279, up from #1,537 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Husayn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Husayn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Husayn, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had the most boys named Husayn of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Husayn in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 201 boys in the US were given Husayn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #986, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.
Husayn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Husayn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Hamza Musa Zayd Azaan Zayyan Huzaifa Rayyan Umar Abdullah
Other spellings of Husayn
Names related to Husayn
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Husayn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/husayn, updated 20 October 2026.