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Youssef

Gender
Boy
Say it
YOO-sef
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#968 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,554 for boys

Youssef is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 968th for boys in the UK (35 babies) and 1,554th for boys in the US (110 babies).

What does Youssef mean?

Hebrew: North African spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph

“he will add”

A French-style spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph.

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Is Youssef a girl's or a boy's name?

Youssef is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the UK and 110 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Youssef in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#968among boys
Babies in 2025
35about 1 in 8,600 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were named Youssef, making it the 968th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 812th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 47 boys.

Half of all the boys named Youssef in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,132 boys in the UK were given Youssef or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #968 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 896th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 47 in 20162025
Youssef in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202535#968
202424#1,230
202317#1,571
202238#904
202135#960
202042#812
201943#805
201845#796
201741#860
201647#779
201540#857
201430#1,031
201335#919
201223#1,234
201124#1,164
201026#1,121
200925#1,115
200830#972
200724#1,102
200618#1,256
200518#1,216
200426#903
200320#1,010
200220#951
200120#913
200018#955
199915#1,043
199813#1,112
19979#1,412
199617#897

How popular is Youssef in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,554among boys
Babies in 2025
110about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 110 boys in the US were named Youssef, making it the 1,554th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,489th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 193 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.

Half of all the boys named Youssef in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Youssef or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #1,554 for this spelling alone.

1974Busiest: 193 in 20172025
Youssef in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025110#1,554
2024107#1,599
2023122#1,473
2022140#1,341
2021123#1,461
2020114#1,489
2019151#1,244
2018148#1,244
2017193#1,042
2016191#1,037
2015186#1,065
2014175#1,093
2013173#1,080
2012147#1,212
2011108#1,495
2010110#1,481
200996#1,637
2008119#1,414
200786#1,728
2006100#1,512
200598#1,477
200486#1,539
200396#1,390
200287#1,456
200186#1,437
200074#1,581
199967#1,601
199869#1,543
199736#2,308
199644#1,982
199533#2,341
199434#2,302
199325#2,780
199227#2,593
199125#2,677
199018#3,303
198912#4,265
19886#6,420
198711#3,954
19869#4,453
19859#4,328
198412#3,457
198310#3,882
19828#4,591
19816#5,466
19807#4,938
19790–
19780–
19770–
19765#5,584
19750–
19746#4,632

Names like Youssef

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Youssef: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/youssef, updated 20 October 2026.