Yousuf — #1798 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yousuf

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,664 babies named Yousuf between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yousuf currently holds the #1798 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 101 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yousuf performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 712 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yousuf shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 199 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yousuf in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yousuf 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 1,664 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.