Yousef

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yousef: Recorded since 1970, it reached #193 in 2022, and it stood at #231 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
87times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#938
1997	#725
1998	#1263
1999	#718
2000	#881
2001	#707
2002	#753
2003	#731
2004	#637
2005	#666
2006	#631
2007	#638
2008	#850
2009	#809
2010	#566
2011	#565
2012	#640
2013	#514
2014	#605
2015	#553
2016	#493
2017	#488
2018	#511
2019	#568
2020	#479
2021	#584
2022	#465
2023	#514
2024	#412

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 43 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2025: #231 among boys in Norway, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #516 among boys in Norway in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1970–2025
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in Norway, in 2022 (recorded 1970–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #231 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Yousef appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 43 years beginning in 1970, and has registered 523 births with the name.

Yousef across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yousef's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#516 (1970)	#193 (2022)	#231 (2025)	43 of 56	523 (1970–2025)	25 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1991)	#324 (1991)	#676 (2025)	13 of 35	49 (1991–2025)	5 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#938 (1996)	#412 (2024)	#412 (2024)	29 of 29	1,489 (1996–2024)	99 (2024)

Yousef by decade in Norway · 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 Yousef in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	10	2 of 10	5
1980s	39	5 of 10	8
1990s	61	10 of 10	6
2000s	102	10 of 10	10
2010s	192	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	119	6 of 10	20

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Yousef 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 5 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 2022.

Yousef'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	#412	99	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#514	76	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#465	86	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#584	65	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#479	81	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#568	66	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#511	76	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#488	83	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#493	82	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#553	69	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#605	58	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#514	72	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#640	54	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#565	62	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#566	60	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#850	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#638	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#631	44	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#666	39	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#637	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#731	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#707	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#725	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#231	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#205	23	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#231	20	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#193	25	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#264	15	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#236	17	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#240	20	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#228	22	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#240	21	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#233	23	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#233	23	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#260	19	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#320	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#270	18	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#320	13	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#253	19	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#323	14	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#357	10	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#389	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#360	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#439	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#437	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#505	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#520	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#477	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#491	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#457	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#522	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#480	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#525	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 5 registrars between 1970 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 99 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1991, and 54 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.

Younus · #1104, 23y
Yousaf · #727, 29y
Yousif · #631, 29y
Yousra · #1788, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Ayan · #193, 48y
Nikolas · #177, 40y
Emmy · #210, 47y
Ivo · #215, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ayan · #193, 48y
Evelina · #194, 47y
Jennie · #192, 50y
Aifric · #191, 41y

Yousef was ranked #193 in Norway · Boys in 2022. 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.

Yousef 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 Yousef without appearing here.

Yousef moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #707 and #1595.
Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #731 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #637 and #1347.
Jon Compare
In 2009 they stood at #809 and #696 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #566 and #996.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #753 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #731 and #1132.

Moved ahead of Yousef

Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #725 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #502.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #725 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #924.
Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #604 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #322.
Arlo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #638 and #651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #850 and #567.

Moved the opposite way to Yousef

Arild Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 while Arild went from #45 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 while Arne went from #37 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 while Bjørn went from #4 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 while Dag went from #33 to #426.

Moved the same way as Yousef

Adam Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 and Adam from #133 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 and Adrian from #368 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 and Aksel from #270 to #25.
Alan Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yousef went from #516 to #231 and Alan from #557 to #274.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yousef

Yousef at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yousef across 3 official records

Yousef by decade in Norway · Boys

Yousef appears in

Popularity data

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Yousef at a glance

Yousef across 3 official records

Yousef by decade in Norway · Boys

Yousef appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Yousef

Yousef and the names beside it

Yousef moved ahead of

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