Moustafa
Boy · MOOS-tah-fah · Arabic
Moustafa is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the chosen one”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Moustafa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mustafa
“the chosen one”
Al-Mustafa, 'the chosen one', is a title of the Prophet Muhammad; the ou spelling follows French-style transliteration.
- Say it
- MOOS-tah-fah
Is Moustafa a girl's or a boy's name?
Moustafa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moustafa in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 4 boys.
Moustafa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Moustafa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Moustafa, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Moustafa in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moustafa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Moustafa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Mustafa Hamza Musa Abdullah Huzaifa Ahmed Umar Ibrahim Zayd Musab Khalifa
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