Hussam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoo-SAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Hussam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sword”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Hussam mean?
Arabic: spelling of Husam
“sword”
Often part of the honorific Husam al-Din, 'sword of the faith', borne by many medieval Muslim rulers and scholars.
Meaning borrowed from Husam.
Is Hussam a girl's or a boy's name?
Hussam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hussam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Hussam, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hussam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Hussam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Hussam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Hussam, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more boys named Hussam than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Hussam in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hussam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
Names like Hussam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Musa, Zayd, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayaan, Arham, Umar, Huzaifa, Zayan, Mustafa
Names related to Hussam
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, “Hussam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hussam, updated 20 October 2026.