Moustafa
Mustafa is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Moustafa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mustafa is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Moustafa
The earliest SSA record of Moustafa as a baby boy name dates back to 1985, when 6 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Moustafa — #3,834 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Moustafas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 351 Moustafas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Moustafa
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About the name Moustafa
Moustafa is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 351 births in the dataset. Moustafa's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #3,834. Use the chart and map above to compare Moustafa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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