Yousif

Meaning: God will add
Origin: Hebrew — Arabic form of Joseph

Boy's name · #2361 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Yousif's best rank, #1513, came in 2015; it has settled back to #2361 today. Roughly 1,700 boys have been named Yousif since 1984.

Across the states

In recent years, Yousif ran about 6× its national rate in Michigan.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Yousif ranks in other countries and regions.

#976 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,825 in Austria (2025) · #2,789 in Canada (2025) · #6,752 in France (2024) · #728 in Scotland (2023) · #657 in Ireland (2022) · #990 in Poland (2013).

Famous Yousifs

Yousif Ibrahim Ismaeil — UAE proxy politician and UAE-funded commander based in Sudan (born c. 1974)
Yousif Ghafari — American diplomat (born 1952)
Yousif Aljamal — Filipino basketball player (born 1983)
Yousif Habash — Iraqi Syriac Catholic prelate (born 1951)
Yousif Thomas Mirkis — Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Kirkuk Sulaimaniya (born 1949)

What Yousifs become

Among 39 notable people named Yousif:

Sports figures appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yousif Jaber, Emirati footballer (born 1985).

Similar names: Salman · Youssef · Abbas · Yousuf · Younis · Ibraheem

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