Youssouf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoo-SOOF
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Youssouf is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Youssouf mean?
Hebrew: West African French spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph
“he will add”
Yusuf is the prophet Joseph of the Quran, whose story fills the whole of its twelfth sura.
Is Youssouf a girl's or a boy's name?
Youssouf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Youssouf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Youssouf, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Youssouf in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Youssouf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Youssouf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Zahir, Hamza, Yahir, Zayd, Salem, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Nazir, Yazan, Zayan
Names related to Youssouf
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Youssouf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/youssouf, updated 20 October 2026.