Moustapha
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moos-TAH-fah
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Moustapha is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the chosen one”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Moustapha mean?
Arabic: French-style spelling of Mustafa
“the chosen one”
Al-Mustafa, 'the chosen one', is a title of the Prophet Muhammad; this spelling is common in French-speaking West Africa.
Is Moustapha a girl's or a boy's name?
Moustapha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moustapha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Moustapha, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Moustapha in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moustapha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Moustapha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa, Hamza, Muhammad, Musa, Zahir, Abdullah, Zayd, Mouhamed, Huzaifa, Nasir, Amir, Taha
Names related to Moustapha
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Moustapha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moustapha, updated 20 October 2026.