Yusuf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-suf
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #69 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #449 for boys
Yusuf is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 69th for boys in the UK (818 babies) and 449th for boys in the US (698 babies).
What does Yusuf mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Joseph
“he will add”
The Arabic form of Joseph; Surah Yusuf in the Quran tells his story in full.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yusuf a girl's or a boy's name?
Yusuf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 818 boys in the UK and 698 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yusuf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #69among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 818about 1 in 370 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 818 boys in the UK were named Yusuf, making it the 69th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 108th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yusuf of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Yusuf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,132 boys in the UK were given Yusuf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #69 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 64th in England and Wales and 208th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#68).
Yusuf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 818 | #69 |
| 2024 | 784 | #75 |
| 2023 | 670 | #86 |
| 2022 | 617 | #101 |
| 2021 | 651 | #103 |
| 2020 | 632 | #108 |
| 2019 | 632 | #110 |
| 2018 | 634 | #112 |
| 2017 | 604 | #119 |
| 2016 | 623 | #115 |
| 2015 | 557 | #124 |
| 2014 | 594 | #118 |
| 2013 | 519 | #131 |
| 2012 | 519 | #135 |
| 2011 | 504 | #138 |
| 2010 | 449 | #146 |
| 2009 | 446 | #144 |
| 2008 | 368 | #166 |
| 2007 | 357 | #166 |
| 2006 | 300 | #181 |
| 2005 | 277 | #182 |
| 2004 | 230 | #191 |
| 2003 | 208 | #198 |
| 2002 | 188 | #200 |
| 2001 | 153 | #229 |
| 2000 | 131 | #246 |
| 1999 | 124 | #269 |
| 1998 | 110 | #279 |
| 1997 | 106 | #291 |
| 1996 | 91 | #304 |
How popular is Yusuf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 698about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 698 boys in the US were named Yusuf, making it the 449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 572nd. It first appears in the records in 1949.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Yusuf of any year since it first appeared, in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Yusuf in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,454 boys in the US were given Yusuf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #449 for this spelling alone.
Yusuf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 698 | #449 |
| 2024 | 646 | #475 |
| 2023 | 610 | #493 |
| 2022 | 519 | #569 |
| 2021 | 507 | #557 |
| 2020 | 487 | #572 |
| 2019 | 515 | #546 |
| 2018 | 488 | #565 |
| 2017 | 478 | #568 |
| 2016 | 496 | #568 |
| 2015 | 468 | #590 |
| 2014 | 469 | #588 |
| 2013 | 415 | #608 |
| 2012 | 384 | #632 |
| 2011 | 320 | #715 |
| 2010 | 324 | #717 |
| 2009 | 297 | #768 |
| 2008 | 272 | #806 |
| 2007 | 277 | #784 |
| 2006 | 211 | #912 |
| 2005 | 183 | #952 |
| 2004 | 173 | #966 |
| 2003 | 161 | #982 |
| 2002 | 146 | #1,048 |
| 2001 | 162 | #949 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,201 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,258 |
| 1997 | 68 | #1,516 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,319 |
| 1995 | 85 | #1,263 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1992 | 61 | #1,485 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,476 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 59 | #1,420 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,499 |
| 1980 | 48 | #1,357 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,319 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,079 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
Names like Yusuf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Yahya Muhammad Abdullah Ahmed Hamza Zakariya Mustafa Umar Zayd Amir
Other spellings of Yusuf
Yousef Yousuf Youssef Yousaf Yousif Yusef Yusif 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, “Yusuf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yusuf, updated 20 October 2026.