Yusra
Feminine · Arabic roots · “ease”
Yusra comes from the Arabic root y-s-r, the root of ease, and the word itself appears in the Quran, in the short chapter al-Layl, describing a path made smooth. It is two syllables that finish quickly, with the soft -ra ending shared by names from several languages. In American records it is a recent arrival, still gathering speed rather than cresting.
How old is the name Yusra?
Yusra first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Yusra is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,800 people named Yusra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yusra most popular?
Yusra peaked in 2024, reaching #955 nationally. Today it ranks #1016, 61 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From y-s-r (Arabic root: ease) to Yusra
The story of Yusra
The name is Arabic, formed from the triliteral root y-s-r, which gives words for ease, smoothness and comfort — the opposite of hardship. The word yusrā appears in the Quran in chapter 92, al-Layl, in the promise that a way will be made easy, and that scriptural presence is why the name is recognized far beyond Arabic-speaking countries: it is used in Urdu-speaking families, across the Horn of Africa, and in Malaysia and Indonesia. It reached English-language records through migration rather than translation, so it kept its Arabic shape instead of being reworked the way Yusuf became Joseph. In the United States it is concentrated in a few states with large, well-established immigrant communities.
Meaning
ease, ease of the way; prosperity
Yusrā is the feminine form built on the Arabic root y-s-r, which carries ease, facility and comfort — the same root behind the masculine names Yasir and Yusr. In everyday Arabic the same word also serves for the left hand or left side, historically the easier side; as a personal name, the reading is ease.
How the name formed
- y-s-rArabic root: ease
- Yusr
- Yusrā
- Yusra
Related forms: يسرى · Yousra · یسریٰ · Yüsra · Yousra · Yusraa
Pronouncing Yusra
YOOS-rah
Stress falls on the first syllable. In Arabic the opening vowel is shorter, closer to YUSS-rah; both are commonly heard in English-speaking settings, and the -sr- cluster is the part new readers slow down on.
Nicknames for Yusra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 2024273 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #955reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −9.9%246 in 2025, from 273
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yusra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- يسرى in Arabic — transliteration
- Yousra in Egyptian Arabic — spelling variant
- یسریٰ in Urdu — transliteration
- Yüsra in Turkish — spelling variant
- Yousra in French transliteration — spelling variant
- Yusraa in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Minnesota.
Yusras among us
people named Yusra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 6,534 born in 2025 was named Yusra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shanelle test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yusra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shanelle climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shanelle's path sketches the road Yusra is walking now.
Yusra is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Yusra is headed
Yusra looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 26% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yusra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yusra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two short syllables with the stress plainly on the first — easy to say once heard, and hard to shorten into something unrecognizable.
- Recognized on sight in Arabic, Urdu, Somali, Malay and Indonesian contexts, which makes it a name that travels between languages without changing shape.
- A documented meaning from a Quranic word, so the sense of the name can be explained in one sentence to anyone who asks.
- Rare enough in US records that a child is unlikely ever to share it in a classroom.
- Yousra and Yusraa are both in real use, so the spelling will need saying aloud and sometimes repeating — a small, lifelong administrative habit rather than a problem.
- English speakers unfamiliar with the name often reach for YOO-sar-uh or YUZ-ra on a first attempt. A single correction usually fixes it, but expect to give it.
- There is no settled English short form; the affectionate versions are family-made rather than ready-built, which suits some households and not others.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yusras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Yusra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yusra in 2025?
- Yusra ranks #1016 among US girl names in 2025, with 246 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yusra?
- About 1 in every 6,534 US girls born in 2025 was named Yusra — 246 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yusra with classmates?
- Yusra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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