Yousif is a distinctive choice, ranked #1199 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Yousif in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1199
About the Name Yousif
Yousif has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 370 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #829 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Yousif is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Yousif
Unlikely. With around 23 UK babies named Yousif per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Yousif in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Yousif has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 370 places in the last five years. Its peak was #829 in 2020. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Yousif is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Yousif include: Yousif Al-Zaabi — Yousef Al Zaabi (Arabic:يوسف الزعابي) is an Emirati footballer who played as a goalkeeper.; Bilal Yousif — Bilal Yousif (Arabic:بلال يوسف) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ajman.; Yousif Abba — Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor is a Syriac Catholic cleric and the current archbishop of Baghdad..
Yousif does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Yousifs in the wild.
23
UK babies named Yousif (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 370 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Yousif
Likely around 1 other Yousif in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Youssif Ibrahim Ezzat Ismaeil is a Sudanese–Canadian lawyer, former rebel spokesman and political adviser who served as chief political adviser to Hemedti, commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), from 2021 until his dismissal in July 2024.
Abraham Yousif, better known as Ashur Yousif (Yousef) or Ashur Yousif Afendi (Syriac: ܐܫܘܪ ܝܘܣܦ ܐܦܢܕܝ, romanized: Ašur Yousep Afendi), was an Assyrian professor and intellectual prior to World War I and the Assyrian genocide. He was Protestant, as was his wife Arshaluys Oghkasian, the daughter of an Armenian Protestant minister.