Mostafa
Boy · MOS-tah-fah · Arabic
Mostafa is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the chosen one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Mostafa mean?
Arabic: Persian and Egyptian spelling of Mustafa
“the chosen one”
Al-Mustafa, 'the chosen one', is one of the best-known epithets of the Prophet Muhammad.
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- MOS-tah-fah
Is Mostafa a girl's or a boy's name?
Mostafa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mostafa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Mostafa, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mostafa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Mostafa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Mostafa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Mostafa, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Mostafa in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mostafa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Mostafa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa Muhammad Musa Hamza Abdullah Huzaifa Ibrahim Ahmed Zayd Umar Taha Amir
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