Mukhtar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mook-TAHR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Mukhtar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chosen, selected”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Mukhtar mean?
Arabic
“chosen, selected”
Also the title of a village headman across the Middle East; Omar Mukhtar led Libya's resistance to Italian rule.
Is Mukhtar a girl's or a boy's name?
Mukhtar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mukhtar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Mukhtar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 10 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mukhtar than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Mukhtar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Mukhtar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Mukhtar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Mukhtar, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had more boys named Mukhtar than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Mukhtar in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mukhtar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Mukhtar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umar Yahya Aarav Muhammad Hamza Mahir Ayaan Arham Musa Krishiv Rayyan Shivansh
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mukhtar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mukhtar, updated 20 October 2026.