Hussien comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Handsome" or "charming" in Arabic..
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How popular is Hussien?
2001peak year
Today, Hussien is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10897), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2001, 19 babies were given the name (ranked #4187 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Hussien has been declining in recent years. In all, around 280 babies have been registered as Hussien since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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