Given name & surname
Yusef
“God will add”
Yusef is a variant of Yusuf. In Arabic use, Yusuf carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yusef is a variant of Yusuf. In Arabic use, Yusuf carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yusef is a romanization of یوسف. یوسف comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yusef through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,116
- 3,116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 104 babies
- 2025
- 83
- #1,904 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 83 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,904 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,485 as a first name in 2020; 255 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yusef’s family of names
Yusef has a related form in Yusuf. In Ladino usage, Yusef has a related form in Yosef.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yusef
- Youssef WahbaEgyptian Prime Minister1852–1934
- Yusef BukeleSalvadoran businessman, politician, and economistborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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