Yousof
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-sof
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Yousof is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Yousof mean?
Hebrew: variant of Yusuf, the Arabic and Persian form of Joseph
“God will add”
Variant spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic and Persian form of Joseph.
Is Yousof a girl's or a boy's name?
Yousof is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yousof in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 boys.
Yousof in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Yousof in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Yousof, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had more boys named Yousof than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Yousof in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Yousof or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Yousof in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Yousof
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Musa Yunus Eesa Yaqub Yahya Zakariya Ayyub Ibrahim Zayan Zayaan Rayyan
Other spellings of Yousof
Yusuf Yousef Youssef Yousuf Yusef Yousif Yusif Yussuf Yussef Yousaf Yosuf
Names related to Yousof
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, “Yousof: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yousof, updated 20 October 2026.