Hussein
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hussein has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 26 |
| 2000 | 20 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2003 | 36 |
| 2004 | 23 |
| 2005 | 31 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2007 | 30 |
| 2008 | 33 |
| 2009 | 39 |
| 2010 | 36 |
| 2011 | 51 |
| 2012 | 46 |
| 2013 | 43 |
| 2014 | 35 |
| 2015 | 37 |
| 2016 | 31 |
| 2017 | 40 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 27 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 29 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 668 |
| 2000 | – | 730 |
| 2001 | – | 788 |
| 2002 | – | 855 |
| 2003 | – | 912 |
| 2004 | – | 965 |
| 2005 | – | 1,018 |
| 2006 | 10 | 1,170 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1,327 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1,477 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1,634 |
| 2010 | 12 | 1,736 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,835 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,976 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,119 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,263 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,423 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,689 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,980 |
| 2018 | – | 3,160 |
| 2019 | – | 3,292 |
| 2020 | 10 | 3,327 |
Hussein in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hussein.Hi! My name is Hussein.
- Har du träffat Hussein? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Hussein? He started working here on Monday.
- Hussein har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hussein has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Husseins mamma är lärare.Hussein's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Husseins mamma is Hussein's mum.
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How popular is Hussein in Sweden?
29 babies were named Hussein in 2022. In 2020, 3,337 people in Sweden had Hussein as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.