Yusef

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yusef: Recorded since 1996, it reached #878 in 2011, and it stood at #945 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#878highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1578
1999	#1850
2000	#1425
2001	#1379
2002	#1128
2003	#1326
2004	#1878
2005	#1851
2006	#1016
2007	#1306
2008	#1124
2009	#1265
2010	#1082
2011	#878
2012	#1152
2013	#1539
2014	#1630
2015	#1236
2016	#1704
2017	#1247
2018	#1158
2019	#1113
2020	#1548
2021	#1391
2022	#1420
2023	#987
2024	#945

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #878 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #945 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yusef 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 Yusef in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	3 of 10	7
2000s	142	10 of 10	14
2010s	213	10 of 10	21
2020sbusiest	114	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Yusef appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #878 in England and Wales in 2011.

Yusef'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	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#987	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1124	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #878, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Yusaf · #1519, 26y
Yusairah · #3447, 12y
Yusha · #648, 19y
Yusif · #1342, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Acer · #878, 28y
Chance · #878, 29y
Eshaan · #878, 24y
Aeryn · #876, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Acer · #878, 28y
Chance · #878, 29y
Ayanna · #876, 29y
Ellie-ann · #876, 20y

Yusef was ranked #878 in England and Wales · Boys in 2011. 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.

Yusef 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 Yusef without appearing here.

Yusef moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #2538.
Garry Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1851 and #1851 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1016 and #2282.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #987 and #2160.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1425 and #2501.

Moved ahead of Yusef

Ollie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1850 and #655.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1016 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1306 and #820.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1391 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #967.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1016 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1306 and #926.

Moved the same way as Yusef

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yusef went from #1578 to #945 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yusef went from #1850 to #945 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yusef went from #1850 to #945 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yusef went from #1850 to #945 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #878 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Yusef by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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