How Many People Are Named Youssef?

3,657

people named Youssef are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 93,460 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,705 babies named Youssef in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,550

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,703

See the top 100

Peak Year

2017

193 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of YUSUF.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Youssef in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Youssef alive today is about 14 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 20 in 2025.

Under 30 3,406
93.1%
30 to 59 251
6.9%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Youssef first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 2017, to 193 babies. In 2025, 110 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Youssef has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,042, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,562.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,562
Best rank#1,042 (2016)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,170 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Youssef alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Youssef were born in New York than in any other state: about 574 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Youssef was given 4.7 times as often in New Jersey, 3.8 times in New York and 3.2 times in Massachusetts.

New York 574
California 396
New Jersey 307
Florida 276
Michigan 232
Texas 176
Virginia 156
Massachusetts 146
Pennsylvania 72
Ohio 50
North Carolina 37
Illinois 30
Tennessee 21
Maryland 6
Connecticut 5
Washington 5

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