Yousuf

“Increases” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #1824 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yousuf is near its high-water mark: it reached #1699 in 2022 and still ranked #1824 in 2025. About 1,800 boys have carried it since 1983. Together with its spelling variants Yusuf (#450), Yousef (#745), and Youssef (#1562), Yousuf 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 3,600 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 3,700 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 5,500 boys in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yousufs

Yousuf Karsh — Armenian-Canadian photographer (1908–2002)
Yousuf Nasr Al-Thunayan — Saudi Arabian footballer
Yousuf Hussain — Emirati footballer
Yousuf Hussain Khan — Indian historian
Yousuf Khan Mostashar al-Dowleh — Iranian diplomat

What Yousufs become

Among 41 notable people named Yousuf:

Sports figures appear 2.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yousuf Nasr Al-Thunayan, Saudi Arabian footballer.

Similar names: Zade · Yousif · Hussain · Youssef · Younis · Younes

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