NameTides

Yousef

Yousef was the #744 boys' name in the US in 2025 (349 babies), and #422 in England & Wales and #373 in Canada.

Yousef as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Yousef as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUSIreland
Yousef as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#744 (349)#422 (95)#441 (7)—#676 (4)#373 (87)
2024#766 (331)#412 (99)#478 (6)——#426 (75)
2023#823 (297)#514 (76)#533 (5)—#584 (5)#468 (61)
2022#907 (255)#465 (86)#363 (9)—#779 (3)#449 (63)
2021#893 (257)#584 (65)#605 (4)——#574 (49)
2020#863 (262)#479 (81)——#741 (3)#411 (73)
2019#759 (312)#568 (66)#516 (5)——#389 (79)
2018#792 (286)#511 (76)#433 (7)——#440 (65)
2017#725 (330)#488 (83)#490 (6)—#610 (4)#502 (56)
2016#775 (309)#493 (82)#532 (5)—#601 (4)#437 (68)
2015#788 (296)#553 (69)#588 (4)——#438 (67)
2014#765 (307)#605 (58)——#550 (5)#480 (61)
2013#849 (251)#514 (72)#687 (3)#398 (3)#605 (4)#425 (68)
2012#891 (235)#640 (54)——#718 (3)#564 (46)
2011#1,020 (188)#565 (62)———#462 (59)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #744.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yousef is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yousef by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #350ILMichigan: #301MINew York: #491NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #745CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #828TXFlorida: #649FL
Yousef (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25853

Yousef (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YousefCanadaBoys#37387
YousefEngland & WalesBoys#42295
YousefIrelandBoys#6764
YousefNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YousefScotlandBoys#4417
YousefUSGirls—too few
YousefUSBoys#744349