# Yousef (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yousef/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,008 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,003 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,584, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 18,065 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 188 | 1,022 |
| 2012 | 235 | 892 |
| 2013 | 251 | 855 |
| 2014 | 307 | 765 |
| 2015 | 296 | 789 |
| 2016 | 309 | 775 |
| 2017 | 330 | 725 |
| 2018 | 286 | 793 |
| 2019 | 312 | 763 |
| 2020 | 262 | 865 |
| 2021 | 257 | 896 |
| 2022 | 255 | 907 |
| 2023 | 297 | 826 |
| 2024 | 331 | 767 |
| 2025 | 349 | 745 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 565 |
| 2012 | 54 | 640 |
| 2013 | 72 | 514 |
| 2014 | 58 | 605 |
| 2015 | 69 | 553 |
| 2016 | 82 | 493 |
| 2017 | 83 | 488 |
| 2018 | 76 | 511 |
| 2019 | 66 | 568 |
| 2020 | 81 | 479 |
| 2021 | 65 | 584 |
| 2022 | 86 | 465 |
| 2023 | 76 | 514 |
| 2024 | 99 | 412 |
| 2025 | 95 | 422 |

## People named Yousef

- Yousef Jabareen, Arab Israeli politician
- Yousef Al Otaiba, diplomat
- Yousef Abu-Taleb, American film actor
- Yousef Salech, Danish footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.