Youcef
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoo-SEF
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Youcef is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Youcef mean?
Hebrew: North African spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph
“God will add”
Yusuf, the Qur'anic Joseph, has a whole chapter of the Qur'an named after him.
Is Youcef a girl's or a boy's name?
Youcef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Youcef in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Youcef, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Youcef in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Youcef in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Youcef in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Youcef, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Youcef in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Youcef in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Youcef
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf, Isaac, Yosef, Yunus, Lucas, Toby, Alfie, Yoan, Musa, Noah, Luca, Eesa
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Youcef: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/youcef, updated 20 October 2026.