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How popular is the name Youssef?
Births per year, rank history and how many Youssefs are alive today.
Youssef (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Yousef in England and Wales, ranked 896th in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 45 babies were given the name, the 748th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1461 in 2023 before climbing back to the 896th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Yousef you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Yousefs born in England and Wales are between 7 and 21, and there are at least 3,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Yousef.
How many babies are named Youssef each year?
Includes all spellings: Youssef, Youcef, Yousef, Yusef. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Youssef spelling rank?
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Where does the Yousef spelling rank?
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Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Youssef most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Yousef, peaked in 2024, when 167 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Youssef spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 45 babies.
How many people are called Youssef?
At least 3,500 people named Youssef in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Youssef?
Most living Youssefs are between 7 and 21; the most common age is about 2.
Is Youssef becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.