Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yussuf through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 237
- 237 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,792 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,792 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 432 as a first name in 2020; 1,090 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.
Yussuf’s family of names
Yussuf may belong to the same name family as YUSSUFF. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yussuf
- Yussuf PoulsenDanish association football player (born 1994)
- Yussuf HamisIsraeli politician (1921–1986)
- Yussuf Abu-WardaArab-Israeli actorborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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