Yussuf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-suf
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Yussuf is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Yussuf mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yusuf; Arabic form of Joseph
“he will add”
The Arabic form of Joseph; Surah Yusuf in the Quran tells his story in full.
Meaning borrowed from Yusuf. More on Wiktionary.
Is Yussuf a girl's or a boy's name?
Yussuf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yussuf in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yussuf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yussuf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Yussuf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Yussuf, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Yussuf in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Yussuf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Yussuf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
Names like Yussuf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Yusuf, Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Ibrahim, Ayyub, Hamza, Zayd, Eesa, Abdullah, Zakariya
Other spellings of Yussuf
Yusuf, Yousef, Youssef, Yousuf, Yusef, Yousif, Yusif, Yussef, Yousaf, Yousof, Yosuf
Names related to Yussuf
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, “Yussuf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yussuf, updated 20 October 2026.