How Many People Are Named Mustafa?
people named Mustafa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,266 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,373 babies named Mustafa in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
339 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "the chosen one" in Arabic, an epithet of Muhammad. This was the name of four Ottoman sultans. Another famous bearer was Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), also known as Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mustafa in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mustafa alive today is about 17 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mustafa first appears in the records in 1963, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 339 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mustafa has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #761, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #761.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #761 |
| Best rank | #761 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #944 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mustafa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mustafa were born in New York than in any other state: about 983 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mustafa was given 3.5 times as often in New Jersey, 2.9 times in New York and 2.3 times in Virginia.
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