Yousuf
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
- Urdu
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Yousuf
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
- Urdu
- Bengali
The Story of Yousuf
American parents first put Yousuf on the record books as a baby boy name in 1983, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 101 Yousufs were born — ranking #1,691 that year. About 39% of every Yousuf on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yousuf ranks #1,801 for baby boys with 92 births, gradually rising (+12%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yousuf
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About the name Yousuf
Yousuf is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Yousuf's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,691. Use the chart and map above to compare Yousuf'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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