boy's name

Yousef

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 10,612

the United States

#745

2025 births

Yousef is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 349 babies in the United States, ranking #745. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 349 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 9,500 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Yousef over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,718
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Yousef by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 50
1980s 326
1990s 681
2000s 1,482
2010s 2,718
2020s (to 2025) 1,751

How popular is Yousef?

In 2025, Yousef was given to 349 babies in the United States, ranking #745 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Yousef is used

Canada #425 75 in 2024
England & Wales #425 95 in 2025
Northern Ireland #496 3 in 2013
Scotland #532 6 in 2024
United States #745 349 in 2025
Ireland #824 4 in 2025
France #1,736 20 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Yousef

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Yousef also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yousef over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Yousef

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yousef — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Yousef

How popular is the name Yousef?

In 2025, Yousef was given to 349 babies in the United States, ranking #745 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Yousef a girl's or a boy's name?

Yousef is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Yousef?

Yousef has 2 syllables.

When was Yousef most popular?

Yousef peaked in 2025, when 349 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Yousef a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yousef currently ranks #425 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.