Mustaqim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moos-tuh-KEEM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Mustaqim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “straight, upright”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Mustaqim mean?
Arabic
“straight, upright”
From the Quran's opening chapter, which asks to be guided on al-sirat al-mustaqim, 'the straight path'.
Is Mustaqim a girl's or a boy's name?
Mustaqim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mustaqim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Mustaqim, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Mustaqim of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Mustaqim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
Names like Mustaqim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mouhamed, Abdullah, Musab, Salim, Ibrahim, Huzaifa, Raheem, Qasim, Raahim, Zaim, Mahmoud
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mustaqim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mustaqim, updated 20 October 2026.