Yousuf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-suf
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #581 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for boys
Yousuf is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 581st for boys in the UK (73 babies) and 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Yousuf mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph
“he will add”
A spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic form of Joseph.
Is Yousuf a girl's or a boy's name?
Yousuf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 boys in the UK and 88 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yousuf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 581st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the UK were named Yousuf, making it the 581st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 675th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 92 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yousuf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,132 boys in the UK were given Yousuf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #581 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 529th in England and Wales.
Yousuf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #581 |
| 2024 | 86 | #511 |
| 2023 | 89 | #500 |
| 2022 | 66 | #624 |
| 2021 | 67 | #621 |
| 2020 | 57 | #675 |
| 2019 | 73 | #571 |
| 2018 | 64 | #627 |
| 2017 | 82 | #535 |
| 2016 | 92 | #488 |
| 2015 | 76 | #562 |
| 2014 | 66 | #602 |
| 2013 | 54 | #685 |
| 2012 | 56 | #678 |
| 2011 | 67 | #573 |
| 2010 | 65 | #579 |
| 2009 | 52 | #672 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 43 | #731 |
| 2006 | 47 | #666 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 37 | #710 |
| 2003 | 39 | #636 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 18 | #978 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
How popular is Yousuf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,808th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Yousuf, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 101 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Yousuf in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Yousuf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #1,808 for this spelling alone.
Yousuf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,795 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,695 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,039 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,737 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 75 | #1,918 |
| 2016 | 81 | #1,845 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Yousuf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Hamza, Zayd, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayan, Ayyub, Zayaan, Umar, Zakariya
Other spellings of Yousuf
Yusuf, Yousef, Youssef, Yousaf, Yousif, Yusef, Yusif, Yusaf, Yussuf, Yussef, Yousof, Yosuf
Names related to Yousuf
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, “Yousuf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yousuf, updated 20 October 2026.