Husna
Feminine · “most beautiful”
Husna is the superlative feminine of good, and it appears in one of the best-known phrases in Islam: al-asma al-husna, the most beautiful names — the ninety-nine names of God. The word is doing grammatical work there.
How old is the name Husna?
Husna first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Husna is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Husna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Husna most popular?
Husna peaked in 2023, reaching #2789 nationally. Today it ranks #2957, 168 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hasan to Husna
The story of Husna
The phrase al-asma al-husna appears in the Qur'an and names the divine attributes — the merciful, the wise, the light, the patient — which are recited and counted as a devotional practice. Husna standing alone as a woman's name draws on that phrase and on the plain sense of the word. It is used across the Arab world, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, and it reaches United States records with families from all of them.
Meaning
most beautiful; best
Arabic husna is the feminine elative of hasan, 'good, beautiful' — the form that makes a superlative. The masculine of the same shape is ahsan, and the root h-s-n also gives Hasan, Ihsan and Muhsin. The reading is documented and undisputed, and the grammar is visible: the shape of the word tells an Arabic speaker exactly what it is doing.
How the name formed
- hasan
- husna
- Husna
Related forms: Husna · Hüsna · Husna · Husna
Pronouncing Husna
HOOS-nah
Two syllables, stress on the first. The h is a pharyngeal sound in Arabic made deeper in the throat than the English h, and an ordinary English h is close enough to be understood.
Nicknames for Husna
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 202361 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2789reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +5.7%56 in 2025, from 53
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Husna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Husna in Arabic — transliteration
- Hüsna in Turkish — spelling variant
- Husna in Urdu — same name
- Husna in Indonesian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Virginia.
Husnas among us
people named Husna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 28,701 born in 2025 was named Husna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Davette test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Husna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Davette climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Davette's path sketches the road Husna is walking now.
Husna sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Husna is headed
Husna should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Husna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Husna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented meaning tied to one of the best-known phrases in the tradition it comes from.
- Five letters, no silent ones, and readable at first sight in English.
- Recognized across the whole Muslim world without explanation.
- Husna, Husnaa and Hüsna all circulate in different countries.
- The Arabic h does not survive English speech, which softens the opening.
- It sits close to Hasna and Husn, which are separate names on the same root.
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Frequently asked
- How many Husnas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Husna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Husna in 2025?
- Husna ranks #2957 among US girl names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Husna?
- About 1 in every 28,701 US girls born in 2025 was named Husna — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Husna with classmates?
- Husna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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