Yousef Boy
How popular is Yousef?
#744 boy name in 2025
349 baby boys were named Yousef in the US in 2025, making it the 744th most popular boy name.
Yousef popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #744 for boys (▲ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 349 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #788 in 2015, #863 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (349 boys) |
| Highest rank | #725 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yousef counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yousef family of names ranked #588 for boys in 2025 (#605 the year before), with 459 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yousef | 349 | 76% |
| Youssef | 110 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yousef is most popular
Babies named Yousef per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.6 per 1,000 (153 boys)
- Michigan: 0.6 per 1,000 (121 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (97 boys)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (145 boys)
Yousef by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 | #2,900 |
| 1980s | 326 | #1,509 |
| 1990s | 681 | #1,130 |
| 2000s | 1,482 | #997 |
| 2010s | 2,713 | #725 |
| 2020s | 1,751 | #744 |
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Questions
- Is Yousef a boy or girl name?
- Yousef is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yousef were boys.
- How popular is the name Yousef?
- 349 baby boys were named Yousef in the US in 2025, making it the 744th most popular boy name.
- When was Yousef most popular?
- Yousef peaked in 2025, when 349 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #725 in 2017.
- How many people are named Yousef?
- 7,008 babies have been named Yousef in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,921 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Yousef most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yousef was most common in Illinois, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.