Yousif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yousif: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #631 in 2021, and it stood at #1,199 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#631highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1257
1998	#1263
1999	#2943
2000	#1330
2001	#842
2002	#1411
2003	#1053
2004	#1596
2005	#1047
2006	#1127
2007	#1252
2008	#1124
2009	#1099
2010	#854
2011	#845
2012	#1152
2013	#1086
2014	#935
2015	#1024
2016	#1050
2017	#1021
2018	#932
2019	#1030
2020	#829
2021	#888
2022	#1268
2023	#1207
2024	#1199

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1268 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 #2863 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
Highest recorded2010–2022
Highest recorded position: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2010–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1199 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yousif appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 621 births with the name.

Yousif across 2 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.

Yousif'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#829 (2020)	#1199 (2024)	29 of 29	621 (1996–2024)	36 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#631 (2021)	#657 (2022)	5 of 13	17 (2010–2022)	4 (2021)

Yousif 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 Yousif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	169	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	289	10 of 10	29
2020s	137	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Yousif 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: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Yousif'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	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1207	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#829	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1030	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1021	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#845	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1124	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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 #631, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 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.

Yousaf · #727, 29y
Yousef · #193, 43y
Yousra · #1788, 27y
Youssef · #297, 40y

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.

Dev · #631, 30y
Allegra · #630, 29y
Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dev · #631, 30y
Malek · #631, 26y
Mirela · #631, 13y
Allegra · #630, 29y

Yousif was ranked #631 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Yousif 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 Yousif without appearing here.

Yousif moved ahead of

Joakim Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #842 and #3134.
Malin Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #842 and #3134.
Rune Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2943 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #3651.
Nicola Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Yousif

Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1053 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #731.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1207 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1199 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Yousif

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Yousif

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yousif went from #2863 to #1199 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yousif

Yousif at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yousif across 2 official records

Yousif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yousif at a glance

Yousif across 2 official records

Yousif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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