Muhammad-Yusuf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAM-ad-YOO-suf
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
Muhammad-Yusuf is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “praiseworthy + he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Muhammad-Yusuf mean?
Modern: combination of Muhammad and Yusuf
“praiseworthy + he will add”
Joins the name of the Prophet Muhammad with Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph, a prophet honoured in Islam.
Is Muhammad-Yusuf a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhammad-Yusuf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhammad-Yusuf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Muhammad-Yusuf, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Muhammad-Yusuf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Muhammad-Yusuf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
Names like Muhammad-Yusuf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Zayd, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Zayan, Musab, Huzaifa, Ahmed, Umar
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Muhammad-Yusuf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhammad-yusuf, updated 20 October 2026.