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Is Hussein a Male or Female Name?

Hussein is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Hussein globally is 98.9% males and 1.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Iraq with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 8.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Hussein in percentages: Globally: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, Egypt: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, Lebanon: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, Saudi Arabia: 98.6% males, 1.4% females, United States: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Jordan: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Iraq: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, United Kingdom: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Germany: 98.9% males, 1.1% females, Sudan: 98.7% males, 1.3% females, Yemen: 98.9% males, 1.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Hussein are 18-24 years old, making up 56.0% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Hussein in each age group: 18-24: 56.0%, 25-34: 16.0%, 35-44: 9.0%, 45-54: 7.1%, 55-64: 6.6%, 65+: 5.2%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Hussein is Iraq with 0.6615% of the population. Following is Lebanon and Tanzania.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Hussein measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Hussein year over year: 1956: 0.0069‰, 1957: 0.0051‰, 1958: 0.005‰, 1959: 0.0054‰, 1960: 0.0063‰, 1961: 0.0065‰, 1962: 0.0043‰, 1963: 0.0047‰, 1964: 0.004‰, 1965: 0.0071‰, 1966: 0.0055‰, 1967: 0.0062‰, 1968: 0.0059‰, 1969: 0.0072‰, 1970: 0.0061‰, 1971: 0.0043‰, 1972: 0.0063‰, 1973: 0.0061‰, 1974: 0.0065‰, 1975: 0.0066‰, 1976: 0.0061‰, 1977: 0.0067‰, 1978: 0.0061‰, 1979: 0.0072‰, 1980: 0.0065‰, 1981: 0.0067‰, 1982: 0.0067‰, 1983: 0.0083‰, 1984: 0.0084‰, 1985: 0.0086‰, 1986: 0.0083‰, 1987: 0.0083‰, 1988: 0.0081‰, 1989: 0.0087‰, 1990: 0.0092‰, 1991: 0.01‰, 1992: 0.0118‰, 1993: 0.015‰, 1994: 0.0175‰, 1995: 0.0197‰, 1996: 0.0228‰, 1997: 0.0324‰, 1998: 0.037‰, 1999: 0.0471‰, 2000: 0.0527‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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