Mustafa
Boy name · Arabic origin
Mustafa meaning
Chosen, selected, preferred, one of the name of our Prophet pbuh.
- Also recorded (Arabic): imprisoning
Mustafa at a glance
- Used as
- Boy name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- مصطفىAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (boy)
- #820 in 2024
Mustafa popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1980 | #1,187 | 59 |
| 1990 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 2000 | #1,009 | 145 |
| 2010 | #1,092 | 176 |
| 2020 | #1,041 | 194 |
| 2024 | #820 | 304 |
All 58 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,968 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,685 | 13 |
| 1972 | #4,439 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,056 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,559 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,287 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1977 | #1,407 | 42 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1979 | #1,407 | 44 |
| 1980 | #1,187 | 59 |
| 1981 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1982 | #1,096 | 69 |
| 1983 | #1,131 | 63 |
| 1984 | #1,240 | 55 |
| 1985 | #1,170 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,320 | 55 |
| 1987 | #1,218 | 63 |
| 1988 | #1,296 | 63 |
| 1989 | #1,243 | 75 |
| 1990 | #1,270 | 76 |
| 1991 | #1,227 | 82 |
| 1992 | #1,328 | 72 |
| 1993 | #1,227 | 85 |
| 1994 | #1,078 | 107 |
| 1995 | #1,144 | 100 |
| 1996 | #1,042 | 117 |
| 1997 | #1,065 | 119 |
| 1998 | #1,005 | 136 |
| 1999 | #1,100 | 121 |
| 2000 | #1,009 | 145 |
| 2001 | #992 | 154 |
| 2002 | #945 | 170 |
| 2003 | #1,041 | 150 |
| 2004 | #1,085 | 146 |
| 2005 | #1,080 | 152 |
| 2006 | #1,112 | 157 |
| 2007 | #1,017 | 187 |
| 2008 | #1,204 | 146 |
| 2009 | #998 | 197 |
| 2010 | #1,092 | 176 |
| 2011 | #928 | 215 |
| 2012 | #907 | 228 |
| 2013 | #902 | 231 |
| 2014 | #913 | 235 |
| 2015 | #907 | 238 |
| 2016 | #919 | 234 |
| 2017 | #909 | 235 |
| 2018 | #902 | 240 |
| 2019 | #994 | 211 |
| 2020 | #1,041 | 194 |
| 2021 | #885 | 261 |
| 2022 | #875 | 275 |
| 2023 | #883 | 263 |
| 2024 | #820 | 304 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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