Youssouf — #9358 US boys' name
253 babies named Youssouf in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Youssouf was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Youssouf in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Youssouf
The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Youssouf between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Youssouf currently holds the #9358 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Youssouf performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Youssouf shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Youssouf in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Youssouf in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 253 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Youssouf at a glance
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Current rank
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Youssouf popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #9358 among boys.
253 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 18 births in a single year.
Youssouf by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 108 births that decade — 43% of Youssouf's all-time total
Youssouf decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Youssouf's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Youssouf by state
Where Youssouf concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 69 | 27.3% |
69 of 253 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 27.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 27.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.