Youcef
Yusuf is an Arabic male name meaning "increases". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Youcef
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yusuf is an Arabic male name meaning "increases". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Youcef
Youcef first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2002, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 10 births, good for #7,559 nationwide. About 60% of every Youcef on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Youcef last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 91 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Youcef
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About the name Youcef
Youcef is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Youcef's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #7,559. Use the chart and map above to compare Youcef's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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