How rare is the name Youssef?

5,589 people in the United States have the first name Youssef, about 1 in 54,040. It ranks #3,650 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

YOUSSEF

#3,650

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,589
About
1 in 54,040
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,589 people named Youssef, 90.7% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Youssef peaked in 2017, when 193 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
193
In 2025*
110 ▼43%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,705 babies have been given the name since 1974. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Youssef by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,580. The largest share of babies named Youssef, 52.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#20,24311
1980s#10,71090
1990s#5,169378
2000s#3,511928
2010s#2,5801,582
2020s#3,154716
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–967.8%
Generation Z 1997–1239.5%
2013 and later52.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Youssef is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Youssef has been most common in New Jersey (4.4×), Florida (3.2×), and New York (3×), and least common in Illinois (0.24×).

2,514 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Youssef

2 other first names also have 5,589 people.

#3,650 Enedina · 5,589#3,650 Homero · 5,589

Either side of Youssef

#3,650 Enedina · 5,589#3,650 Homero · 5,589#3,653 Saira · 5,588#3,654 Taya · 5,587

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Youssef, most common first.

#2,876 Yosef · 7,990#3,146 Yousef · 6,930#5,032 Yousif · 3,506#8,196 Yousuf · 1,779#23,187 Youssouf · 424#24,570 Yousaf · 391#29,211 Youcef · 304#29,411 Yossef · 301

Also a last name

As a last name, Youssef ranks #5,830 of 156,621, with 5,712 people. See Youssef as a last name

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