Is Yusef a boy or girl name?

Yusef is a boy’s name. Of the 3,116 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Yusef

Recorded 1962–2025 · United States

Yusef was most popular in 2024, when 104 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,490 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,004, with 83 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,116 people named Yusef.

Yusef over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yusef’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yusef a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yusef is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,116 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yusef

Where Yusef is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org