Yusif — #4962 US boys' name
398 babies named Yusif in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Yusif was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Yusif in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yusif
The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Yusif between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yusif currently holds the #4962 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yusif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yusif shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yusif in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yusif 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 398 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.
Yusif at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Yusif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2016)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #4962 among boys.
398 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 27 births in a single year.
Yusif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 196 births that decade — 49% of Yusif's all-time total
Yusif decade highlights
- Peak decade 196 births
- Runner-up 105 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yusif's strongest decade
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Yusif by state
Where Yusif concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 27 | 6.8% |
27 of 398 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1992–2024 (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.