Yusuf

What Yusuf means

Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”

Doublet of Joseph || From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob.

Source: Wiktionary, “Yusuf” (revision 92526408) and “Joseph” (revision 94596337), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Yusuf?

US: Rising: up from #590 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #115 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 698 boys got the name (#449 that year). First in the US records in 1949.

How common

• About 1 in 2,447 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 341 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 982 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (1.39 per 1,000 boys), NY (1.3 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.97 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Yusuf is #449 in the US and #64 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Yusuf were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Yousef349 US · 95 E&W
• Yosef413 US · 29 E&W
• Yousuf88 US · 73 E&W
• Yusef83 US · 29 E&W
• Yousif59 US · 31 E&W
• Yousaf12 US · 30 E&W
• Yusif16 US · 7 E&W
• Yussuf13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Yousef
• Yousuf

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Yusuf

Boys

• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Rayan#588Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #178 vs #588 in 2025
• Yahya#615Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #81 vs #615 in 2025
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Isa#929Diminutive of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

For a sister

• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Yusuf’s. Rank is US 2025.