Hussein

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hussein: Recorded since 1957, it reached #216 in 1998, and it stood at #448 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#216highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#809
1998	#850
1999	#973
2000	#794
2001	#786
2002	#1077
2003	#761
2004	#655
2005	#850
2006	#764
2007	#883
2008	#757
2009	#848
2010	#832
2011	#781
2012	#962
2013	#837
2014	#837
2015	#692
2016	#1050
2017	#1097
2018	#1061
2019	#1369
2020	#1051
2021	#1055
2022	#878
2023	#1243
2024	#898

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 64 of the 68 years from 1957 to 2024.

In 2024: #448 among boys in Norway, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1957–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #354 among boys in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1957–2024
Highest recorded position: #216 among boys in Norway, in 1998 (recorded 1957–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hussein appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 64 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 754 births with the name.

Hussein 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.

Hussein'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	#354 (1957)	#216 (1998)	#448 (2024)	64 of 68	754 (1957–2024)	25 (1984)
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#655 (2004)	#898 (2024)	29 of 29	823 (1996–2024)	48 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#711 (2013)	#711 (2013)	#713 (2016)	2 of 4	6 (2013–2016)	3 (2013)

Hussein by decade in Norway · 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 Hussein in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	7	1 of 10	7
1960s	69	9 of 10	8
1970s	102	10 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	157	10 of 10	16
1990s	153	10 of 10	15
2000s	126	10 of 10	13
2010s	118	10 of 10	12
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Hussein 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 3 regions, from 1957 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #216 in Norway in 1998.

Hussein'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	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1243	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1097	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#692	48	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#962	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#781	39	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#832	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#848	33	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#757	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#850	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#655	37	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#786	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#794	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#448	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#389	8	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#445	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#453	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#432	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#371	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#449	6	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#275	17	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#260	19	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#314	13	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#324	13	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#384	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#291	15	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#309	13	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#306	13	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#341	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#278	14	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#310	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#278	14	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#246	19	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#247	18	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#216	24	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#315	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#277	16	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#379	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#382	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#248	23	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#322	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#322	15	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#283	17	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#345	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#243	22	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#413	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#374	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#218	25	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#332	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#333	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#350	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#276	18	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#244	21	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#519	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#308	14	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#453	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#428	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#544	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#393	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#472	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#352	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#379	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#340	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#446	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#370	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#390	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#450	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#302	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1957 and 2024, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #216, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 56 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.

Hussain · #340, 40y
Hussam · #1425, 19y
Huw · #298, 29y
Huxley · #250, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Bogdan · #212, 62y
Neasa · #222, 60y
Moira · #209, 61y
Adnan · #225, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Ann-Helen · #216, 47y
Benthe · #216, 25y
Jimmy · #216, 68y
Ole-Martin · #216, 38y

Hussein was ranked #216 in Norway · Boys in 1998. 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.

Hussein 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 Hussein without appearing here.

Hussein moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1369 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1051 and #2076.
Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1077 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #761 and #1771.
Murray Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1369 and #1316 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1051 and #1825.
Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #761 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #655 and #1347.

Moved ahead of Hussein

Leif Compare
In 2022 they stood at #878 and #967 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1243 and #827.
Fionn Compare
In 2015 they stood at #692 and #790 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1050 and #691.
Denis Compare
In 1998 they stood at #850 and #924 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #621.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #883 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Hussein

Adrian Compare
Between 1960 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Hussein went from #302 to #448 while Adrian went from #469 to #76.
Alex Compare
Between 1960 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Hussein went from #302 to #448 while Alex went from #395 to #168.
Alexander Compare
Between 1960 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Hussein went from #302 to #448 while Alexander went from #319 to #70.
Jonathan Compare
Between 1960 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Hussein went from #302 to #448 while Jonathan went from #479 to #90.

Moved the same way as Hussein

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hussein went from #680 to #1243 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hussein went from #680 to #1243 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hussein went from #680 to #1243 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hussein went from #809 to #1243 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 3 regions, from 1957 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #216 in Norway in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hussein

Hussein at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hussein across 3 official records

Hussein by decade in Norway · Boys

Hussein appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Hussein

Hussein and the names beside it

Hussein moved ahead of

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Hussein at a glance

Hussein across 3 official records

Hussein by decade in Norway · Boys

Hussein appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Hussein

Hussein and the names beside it

Hussein moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hussein

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