Yussef — #8030 US boys' name
223 babies named Yussef in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Yussef was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Yussef in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yussef
The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Yussef between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yussef currently holds the #8030 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yussef performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yussef shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yussef in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yussef 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 223 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.
Yussef at a glance
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Current rank
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Yussef popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2004)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #8030 among boys.
223 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 15 births in a single year.
Yussef by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 102 births that decade — 46% of Yussef's all-time total
Yussef decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yussef's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Yussef by state
Where Yussef concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 223 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% 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, 2001–2024 (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.