Youssef

“Increases” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #1562 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Youssef reached #1042 in 2016 and has eased to #1562 since. About 3,700 boys have carried it since 1974. Together with its spelling variants Yusuf (#450), Yousef (#745), and Yousuf (#1824), Youssef would rank around #277 with about 1,200 births last year — the newborns split about 56/28/9/7 across Yusuf, Yousef, Youssef, and Yousuf.

Around the world: about 1 in 500 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 520 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 2,100 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Youssefs

Youssef En-Nesyri — Moroccan association football player
Youssef ibn Tashfin — Leader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus
Youssef Chahine — Egyptian film director (1926–2008)
Youssef Msakni — Tunisian association football player
Youssef El-Arabi — Moroccan footballer

In stories & tradition

Youssef Bakri — Les de l'hoquei

What Youssefs become

Among 428 notable people named Youssef:

Sports figures appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Youssef En-Nesyri, Moroccan association football player.

Similar names: Yousef · Hussein · Yousif · Aydin · Yousuf · Yusef

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