Mustafa

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

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

Mustafa first appears in the data in 1965 and has been recorded in 50 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1989 with 105 babies (rank #173 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mustafa

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

3,141
Total babies (all years)
50
Years in the data
105
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19651#1,097
19661#1,126
19671#1,151
19684#842
19699#643
197011#609
197119#476
197223#409
197323#410
197430#350
197532#332
197653#253
197756#239
197869#213
197981#198
198083#204
198193#181
198280#192
198368#220
198466#225
198569#220
198679#202
198767#239
198887#193
1989105#173
199089#200
199174#237
199293#199
199386#220
199499#196
199589#206
199678#237
199783#224
199889#221
199985#225
200080#234
200188#216
200285#227
200369#265
200480#222
200565#265
200673#230
200766#238
200867#237
200966#230
201063#233
201157#246
201270#198
201363#218
201474#184