Yussuf — #9506 US boys' name
224 babies named Yussuf in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Yussuf was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Yussuf in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yussuf
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Yussuf between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yussuf currently holds the #9506 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yussuf performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yussuf shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yussuf in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yussuf 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 224 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.
Yussuf at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Yussuf popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2010)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #9506 among boys.
224 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 20 births in a single year.
Yussuf by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 135 births that decade — 60% of Yussuf's all-time total
Yussuf decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yussuf's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Yussuf by state
Where Yussuf concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 10 | 4.5% |
10 of 224 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 4.5% 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, 2005–2024 (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.