Fun Facts About the Name Yusrah
- 53 babies named Yusrah: U.S. records list 53 babies given the name Yusrah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yusrah Mean?
Yusrah is an Arabic feminine name meaning "ease" or "prosperity." It comes from the Arabic root y-s-r, whose core sense is ease, facility, and freedom from difficulty. The noun yusr (يُسْر) means "ease," and the feminine form yusrah (يُسْرَة) is commonly glossed as "ease" or "comfort." The spelling Yusrah usually reflects the Arabic form with a final tāʾ marbūṭa (ة), while Yusra without the final h often represents yusrā (يُسْرَى); the two are closely related name forms rather than separate etymologies.
Yusrah Name History & Origins
Yusrah belongs to a group of Arabic feminine names formed from the root y-s-r, which also supplies the ordinary word yusr ("ease"). The root appears in the Qur'anic phrase fa-inna maʿa al-ʿusri yusran ("for indeed, with hardship comes ease") in Sūrat al-Sharḥ (94:5 - 6), but this is a religious association of the root rather than the origin of the personal name. Yusrah is a descriptive word-name, not a name tied to a single historical figure or literary character. It has been used as a feminine given name in Arabic-speaking societies and among Muslim communities elsewhere. English spellings vary because Arabic is transliterated in different ways: Yusra, Yusrah, Yousra, and Yosra all occur. The final h in Yusrah generally represents the Arabic tāʾ marbūṭa (ة) in yusrah (يُسْرَة) and is not pronounced as a separate h in the usual English pronunciation.
How Popular is the Name Yusrah?
Yusrah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #12,141 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #17,214 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #13,389 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #12,141 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #13,538 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #15,182 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #17,442 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,418 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #14,287 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Yusrah Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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