Yousef is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “increases.” In 2024 it was given to 331 boys in the United States.
Yousef belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “increases” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yousef first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #725 in 2017, and in 2024 331 babies received the name — 6,654 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yousef means “increases” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yousef is a boy name. In 2024, 331 babies received the name in the US.
Yousef comes from the Biblical & Christian and Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Yousef first appears in US records in 1970. Its best-ever ranking was #725 in 2017, and 331 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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