Yusuf

Meaning and origin of Yusuf

Popularity of Yusuf in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Yusuf has been rising (+4.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Yusuf every 12 schools.

Yusuf in English-speaking countries

Yusuf ranks 73^rd in England and Wales, 86^th in Ontario (Canada) and 210^th in Scotland, against 254^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  73^rd boys’ name2,211 babies in 3 years1 boy in 374+5.6% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  86^th boys’ name412 babies in 3 years1 boy in 412+8.3% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  210^th boys’ name61 babies in 3 years1 boy in 983+6.9% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  359^th boys’ name29 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,536

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  280^th boys’ name45 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,596

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  474^th boys’ name1,954 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,631+6.4% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  517^th boys’ name13 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,788

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Northern Ireland.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Yusuf, Yûsuf and Yusûf are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Yûsuf60
• Yusûf10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Yusuf

• Youssouf
• Yacine
• Yazid
• Yassine
• Muhammad
• Youcef
• Yasser
• Iyad
• Elyas
• Mouhamed
• Mohammed
• Mamadou

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin