Yusif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-sif
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Yusif is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Yusif mean?
Hebrew: Azerbaijani and Arabic form of Joseph
“God will add”
Yusuf, the Qur'anic Joseph, is the hero of the Qur'an's twelfth chapter.
Is Yusif a girl's or a boy's name?
Yusif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yusif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Yusif, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yusif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,132 boys in the UK were given Yusif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Yusif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
How popular is Yusif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Yusif, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Yusif in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Yusif or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Yusif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Names like Yusif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Hamza Zayan Zayd Abdullah Zayaan Ahmed Zakariya Ayyub Umar
Other spellings of Yusif
Yusuf Yousef Yousuf Youssef Yousaf Yousif Yusef Yusaf Yussuf Yussef Yousof Yosuf
More Hebrew names
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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, “Yusif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yusif, updated 20 October 2026.