Yousaf

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yousaf: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yousaf: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1454
1998	#1821
1999	#973
2000	#1330
2001	#1027
2002	#869
2003	#1513
2004	#1498
2005	#919
2006	#914
2007	#1201
2008	#964
2009	#1033
2010	#1029
2011	#1124
2012	#1229
2013	#931
2014	#1223
2015	#1024
2016	#1022
2017	#943
2018	#897
2019	#1217
2020	#1051
2021	#1391
2022	#1609
2023	#1407
2024	#1322

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1322 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yousaf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yousaf in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000s	187	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	265	10 of 10	27
2020s	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yousaf appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Yousaf's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#943	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1022	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1029	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1033	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#964	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Younis · #749, 27y
Younus · #1104, 23y
Yousef · #193, 43y
Yousif · #631, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Dawood · #727, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aditi · #727, 30y
Afnan · #727, 27y
Arsalan · #727, 29y
Ayoub · #727, 29y

Yousaf was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yousaf and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yousaf without appearing here.

Yousaf moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #1851.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #2160.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #1617.
Courtney Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #1280 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #919 and #1534.

Moved ahead of Yousaf

Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1454 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #924.
Magnus Compare
In 2002 they stood at #869 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1513 and #813.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1391 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #967.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #914 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1201 and #820.

Moved the opposite way to Yousaf

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousaf went from #914 to #1322 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Yousaf

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousaf went from #1040 to #1609 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousaf went from #1040 to #1609 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousaf went from #869 to #1322 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yousaf

Yousaf at a glance

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Yousaf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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