Boys' name · since 2002

Yousof

103 babies named Yousof in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,251 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,364 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
103
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

103 babies have been named Yousof since 2002, making it today's #9364 boys' name.

Yousof has 103 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9364 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #17,251 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,364 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 103 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yousof ranks #17,251 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 103 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#17,251 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,364 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
103
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%32.7%
Yousof vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Yousof's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Yousof compares

103 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Yousof's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yousof Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 103 369 358,536
Peak-year births 10 34 22,252

Yousof's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Yousof's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Yousof popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
10
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
4681012 20022005201020122014201620182025 8

Yousof by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 73% of the file).

2010s was Yousof's strongest decade.

75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.

Yousof births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (73% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yousof?
103 babies have been named Yousof since 2002. All-time, it sits at #17,251 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,364 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2016 with 10 births.
Where does Yousof sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yousof ranks #17,251 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yousof most popular?
Yousof was most popular in the 2010s decade with 75 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Yousof been used?
Records for Yousof go back to 2002, giving 24 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Yousof?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yousef, Youssef, Young, Yousuf, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Yousof's data

  • Yousof's decade-level peak was the 2010s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yousof: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yousof draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.