Yousif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-sif
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,055 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,332 for boys
Yousif is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Yousif mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph
“he will add”
A spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph.
Is Yousif a girl's or a boy's name?
Yousif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 59 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yousif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,055among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Yousif, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 39 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yousif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,132 boys in the UK were given Yousif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #1,055 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.
Yousif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 32 | #994 |
| 2018 | 35 | #940 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,046 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 38 | #859 |
| 2010 | 36 | #883 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,033 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yousif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,332among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Yousif, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 110 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Yousif in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Yousif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #2,332 for this spelling alone.
Yousif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 |
| 2020 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,617 |
| 2017 | 86 | #1,780 |
| 2016 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,502 |
| 2014 | 97 | #1,608 |
| 2013 | 76 | #1,865 |
| 2012 | 80 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,056 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
Names like Yousif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Hamza Zayd Abdullah Zayan Ahmed Zayaan Zakariya Umar Ayyub
Other spellings of Yousif
Yusuf Yousef Yousuf Youssef Yousaf Yusef Yusif Yusaf Yussuf Yussef Yousof Yosuf
Names related to Yousif
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Yousif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yousif, updated 20 October 2026.