Hussain

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hussain: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hussain: Recorded since 1966, it reached #340 in 1995, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#340highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#526
1997	#413
1998	#490
1999	#418
2000	#372
2001	#473
2002	#379
2003	#423
2004	#431
2005	#410
2006	#472
2007	#472
2008	#477
2009	#399
2010	#413
2011	#413
2012	#402
2013	#412
2014	#406
2015	#393
2016	#380
2017	#365
2018	#375
2019	#374
2020	#404
2021	#406
2022	#399
2023	#375
2024	#398

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 27 of the 57 years from 1966 to 2022.

In 2024: #398 among boys in England and Wales, #432 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #528 among boys in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1966–2022
Highest recorded position: #340 among boys in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1966–2022).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Hussain appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 2,452 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1966.

Hussain across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hussain's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#528 (1966)	#340 (1995)	#476 (2022)	27 of 57	150 (1966–2022)	12 (1995)
England and Wales · Boys	#526 (1996)	#365 (2017)	#398 (2024)	29 of 29	2,452 (1996–2024)	126 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#509 (2022)	#676 (2025)	9 of 18	34 (2008–2025)	6 (2022)

Hussain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hussain in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	177	4 of 10	44
2000s	676	10 of 10	68
2010sbusiest	1,075	10 of 10	108
2020s	524	5 of 10	105

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 108 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hussain appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #340 in Norway in 1995.

Hussain's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#398	102	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#375	109	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#399	106	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#406	106	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#404	101	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#374	116	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#375	118	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#365	126	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#380	119	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#393	108	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#406	100	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#412	98	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#402	102	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#413	96	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#413	92	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#399	98	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#477	74	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#472	71	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#472	66	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#410	72	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#431	64	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#423	61	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#379	63	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#473	44	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#372	63	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#418	53	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#490	40	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#413	51	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#526	33	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#476	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#434	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#459	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#423	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#521	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#417	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#497	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#445	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#522	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#414	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#576	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#340	12	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#381	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#575	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#528	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #340, first reached in 1995.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 126 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Husna · #541, 29y
Husnain · #568, 29y
Hussam · #1425, 19y
Hussein · #216, 65y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hadi · #340, 41y
Rania · #349, 42y
Abdulrahman · #357, 45y
Nour · #321, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Janita · #340, 30y
Hanan · #339, 54y
Julianna · #339, 34y
Larissa · #339, 35y

Hussain was ranked #340 in Norway · Boys in 1995. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hussain and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hussain without appearing here.

Hussain moved ahead of

Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #526 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #413 and #809.
Bruce Compare
In 1998 they stood at #490 and #477 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #418 and #697.
Grant Compare
In 2001 they stood at #473 and #428 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #379 and #568.
Wayne Compare
In 2001 they stood at #473 and #401 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #379 and #568.

Moved ahead of Hussain

Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #413 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #490 and #182.
Phillip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #472 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #505 and #254.
Noah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #340 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #576 and #332.
Liam Compare
In 1995 they stood at #340 and #456 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #576 and #370.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #340 in Norway in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hussain

Hussain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hussain across 3 official records

Hussain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hussain appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Hussain

Hussain and the names beside it

Hussain moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hussain

Hussain at a glance

Hussain across 3 official records

Hussain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hussain appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Hussain

Hussain and the names beside it

Hussain moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hussain