Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Yussef isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yussef through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 235
- 235 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,178 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,178 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 295 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.
Yussef’s family of names
Yussef may belong to the same name family as Yusef. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yussef
- Yussef Al-SuwayedKuwaiti footballerborn 1958
- Yussef E'tesamiIranian journalist, politician, publisher1874–1938
- Yussef DiabIsraeli politician1917–1984
- Yussef SuleimanSyrian footballer (1986–2013)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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