Hussain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-SAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #360 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,942 for boys
Hussain is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little good one, handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 360th for boys in the UK (131 babies) and 1,942nd for boys in the US (79 babies).
What does Hussain mean?
Arabic: spelling of Husayn
“little good one, handsome”
Honours Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed at Karbala in 680.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Hussain a girl's or a boy's name?
Hussain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 131 boys in the UK and 79 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hussain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 360th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 131 about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 131 boys in the UK were named Hussain, making it the 360th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 435th.
2025 had the most boys named Hussain of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Hussain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 190 boys in the UK were given Hussain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #279, up from #360 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 334th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Hussain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #360 |
| 2024 | 109 | #414 |
| 2023 | 113 | #401 |
| 2022 | 111 | #418 |
| 2021 | 107 | #439 |
| 2020 | 103 | #435 |
| 2019 | 118 | #417 |
| 2018 | 121 | #403 |
| 2017 | 129 | #394 |
| 2016 | 126 | #401 |
| 2015 | 112 | #421 |
| 2014 | 101 | #450 |
| 2013 | 102 | #446 |
| 2012 | 104 | #426 |
| 2011 | 100 | #436 |
| 2010 | 94 | #446 |
| 2009 | 101 | #419 |
| 2008 | 76 | #512 |
| 2007 | 75 | #501 |
| 2006 | 67 | #513 |
| 2005 | 76 | #425 |
| 2004 | 66 | #458 |
| 2003 | 65 | #437 |
| 2002 | 65 | #404 |
| 2001 | 47 | #487 |
| 2000 | 64 | #401 |
| 1999 | 54 | #450 |
| 1998 | 43 | #509 |
| 1997 | 53 | #439 |
| 1996 | 34 | #548 |
How popular is Hussain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,942nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were named Hussain, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 101 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer boys named Hussain than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Hussain in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 201 boys in the US were given Hussain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #986, up from #1,942 for this spelling alone.
Hussain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,661 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 88 | #1,826 |
| 2021 | 80 | #1,902 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 91 | #1,723 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,625 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2015 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,173 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 68 | #1,998 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 55 | #2,347 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
Names like Hussain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Musa, Abdullah, Zayan, Zayaan, Ahmed, Zayd, Umar, Mustafa, Rayyan, Azaan
Other spellings of Hussain
Names related to Hussain
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, “Hussain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hussain, updated 20 October 2026.