Name meaning & stats
Yusef
Yusef means “increases” (Arabic origin). 3,116 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“increases”
ArabicSpelling of Yusuf
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
3,116 US babies were named Yusef between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Yusef (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 5 Yusufs spell it Yusef
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)