Spellings
Yusuf or Yosef?
In the US in 2025, 40% of babies in this name family were spelled Yusuf and 24% Yosef. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Yusuf40% of the family698 born in 2025#449 among boys+49% since 2015Yosef24% of the family413 born in 2025#663 among boys+17% since 2015Yousef20% of the family349 born in 2025#744 among boys+18% since 2015Youssef6% of the family110 born in 2025#1,554 among boys−41% since 2015Yousuf5% of the family88 born in 2025#1,808 among boys+9% since 2015Yusef5% of the family83 born in 2025#1,886 among boys+11% since 2015
Ten years ago
Yusuf already led in 2015, with 32% of the family's births; it has 40% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,459 to 1,741 births (+19%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yusuf | 468 | 698 | +49% |
| Yosef | 353 | 413 | +17% |
| Yousef | 296 | 349 | +18% |
| Youssef | 186 | 110 | −41% |
| Yousuf | 81 | 88 | +9% |
| Yusef | 75 | 83 | +11% |
How they sound
- Yusuf /ˈjusəf/ (YOO-suf)
- Yosef /ˈjoʊsəf/ (YOH-sef)
- Yousef /ˈjusəf/ (YOO-sef)
- Youssef /ˈjusef/ (YOO-sef)
- Yousuf /juˈsuf/ (yoo-SOOF)
- Yusef /ˈjusɛf/ (YOO-sef)
In France
In France in 2025: Yusuf 250 births (#212 among boys), Yousef 20 births, Youssef 580 births (#102 among boys) and Yousuf 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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