Yusef

“May he add; God will increase” — Arabic (Yusuf), from Hebrew Yosef origin

Boy's name · #1904 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yusef reached its best rank, #1097, in 1972 and ranked #1904 in 2025. About 3,100 boys have carried it since 1962. Yusef is the less common spelling of Yusuf (#450) and Yousef (#745) — about 6% of babies given the name are written this way.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,500 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 5,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,100 boys in Sweden (2025).

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

Famous Yusefs

Yusef of Morocco — Sultan of Morocco (1882-1927)
Yusef Lateef — American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)
Yusef Komunyakaa — American poet and academic (born 1947)
Yusef Wahba — Egyptian Prime Minister
Yusef Ahmed — Qatari footballer

In stories & tradition

Yusef Khan — EastEnders
Yusef Salaam — The Central Park Five

What Yusefs become

Among 42 notable people named Yusef:

Sports figures appear 1.92× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yusef Ahmed, Qatari footballer.

Similar names: Naim · Yuri · Abdul · Youssef · Yosef · Kenan

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