Given name
Yusra
“one who is most prosperous”
Yusra is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is most prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is most prosperous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yusra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,859
- 0 boys · 2,859 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 273 babies
- 2025
- 246
- #1,021 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +60%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 246 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,021 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 59.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,172 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yusra’s family of names
Yusra has a related form in Yusraa. Yusra has a related form in Yusriyah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Yusra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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