Yousif
Yousif is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Yousif
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yousif is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Yousif
Yousif first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1984, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 110 Yousifs were born — ranking #1,502 that year. As of 2026, Yousif ranks #2,594 for baby boys with 52 births, falling sharply (-32%). In total, more than 2K Yousifs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yousif
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About the name Yousif
Yousif is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Yousif's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #1,502. Use the chart and map above to compare Yousif'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.