How rare is the name Yusuf?

8,933 people in the United States have the first name Yusuf, about 1 in 33,811. It ranks #2,647 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YUSUF

#2,647

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,933
About
1 in 33,811
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,933 people named Yusuf, 34.3% reported their origin as Black, 31% as White and 25.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yusuf peaked in 2025, when 698 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19492025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
698
In 2025*
698
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,455 babies have been given the name since 1949. 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.

Yusuf by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,046. The largest share of babies named Yusuf, 59.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#12,5745
1960s#9,12649
1970s#3,435392
1980s#3,701446
1990s#3,273736
2000s#2,0522,003
2010s#1,2644,357
2020s#1,0463,467
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–967.5%
Generation Z 1997–1228.8%
2013 and later59.3%

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 Yusuf is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yusuf has been most common in Minnesota (3×), New Jersey (2.4×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Indiana (0.17×).

9,569 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.

Either side of Yusuf

#2,645 Natividad · 8,939#2,646 Maliyah · 8,935#2,648 Oralia · 8,931#2,649 Marilynn · 8,929

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,457 Yusef · 2,485#22,868 Yussuf · 432#23,725 Yusif · 411

Also a last name

As a last name, Yusuf ranks #5,299 of 156,621, with 6,350 people. See Yusuf as a last name

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