How Many People Are Named Mukhtar?
people named Mukhtar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,248,584 people in the US has this name
Based on 154 babies named Mukhtar in Social Security records from 1984 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "chosen" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mukhtar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mukhtar alive today is about 12 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mukhtar first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 2018, to 13 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mukhtar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #6,583, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #8,044.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,044 |
| Best rank | #6,583 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,510 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mukhtar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mukhtar were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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