NameTides

Yousuf

Yousuf was the #1,808 boys' name in the US in 2025 (88 babies), and #529 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Yousuf as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Yousuf as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Yousuf as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,808 (88)#529 (73)—#829 (3)#885 (29)
2024#1,795 (91)#464 (86)—#430 (8)#648 (42)
2023#1,875 (84)#464 (86)#728 (3)—#947 (25)
2022#1,695 (101)#585 (64)—#779 (3)#876 (28)
2021#2,040 (72)#598 (63)#605 (4)—#1,039 (22)
2020#1,694 (92)#656 (52)#536 (5)#496 (6)#688 (37)
2019#1,737 (90)#541 (70)#701 (3)#646 (4)#594 (45)
2018#1,838 (82)#584 (63)——#794 (30)
2017#1,918 (75)#514 (77)#532 (5)—#623 (42)
2016#1,845 (81)#459 (88)#592 (4)#713 (3)#669 (39)
2015#1,826 (81)#506 (76)——#748 (33)
2014#1,844 (80)#566 (63)#680 (3)—#724 (34)
2013#2,205 (59)#655 (51)#687 (3)—#784 (30)
2012#2,155 (62)#649 (53)#669 (3)—#904 (24)
2011#2,346 (54)#528 (66)——#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,695.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 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 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yousuf is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yousuf by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Yousuf (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#44528

Yousuf (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
YousufCanadaBoys#88529
YousufEngland & WalesBoys#52973
YousufIrelandBoys#8293
YousufNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YousufScotlandBoys—too few
YousufUSBoys#1,80888