Mostafa

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Persian

Meaning

Mustafa is one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in Muslim-majority countries.

From Wikipedia

Mostafa first appears in the data in 1978 and has been recorded in 45 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 35 babies (rank #3,290 that year). In 2024 it was given to 17 boys (rank #5,570). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mostafa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mostafa yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

738
Total babies (all years)
45
Years in the data
35
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19786#5,549
198110#4,050
198210#4,136
19836#5,986
198411#3,850
198518#2,792
198611#4,043
19879#4,829
198814#3,645
19897#6,709
199013#4,333
199113#4,398
199217#3,696
199311#5,256
199414#4,459
199512#5,014
199620#3,505
199716#4,176
199820#3,666
199916#4,480
200018#4,320
200125#3,479
200228#3,237
200312#6,135
200425#3,712
200520#4,409
200614#5,998
200727#3,861
200817#5,412
200913#6,692
201013#6,598
201114#6,151
201216#5,641
201320#4,749
201428#3,750
201530#3,649
201619#5,075
201735#3,290
201825#4,179
201919#5,093
202018#5,169
202111#7,432
202211#7,578
20239#8,695
202417#5,570