NameTides

Mustafa

Mustafa was the #760 boys' name in the US in 2025 (339 babies), and #170 in England & Wales and #265 in Canada.

Mustafa as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mustafa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandScotlandUS
Mustafa as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#760 (339)#170 (298)#333 (10)#309 (14)#265 (127)
2024#822 (304)#165 (303)#227 (18)#430 (8)#326 (100)
2023#884 (263)#192 (259)#400 (8)#584 (5)#301 (105)
2022#875 (275)#216 (235)#342 (10)#407 (9)#350 (89)
2021#885 (261)#230 (221)#401 (8)#755 (3)#355 (91)
2020#1,044 (194)#219 (228)#350 (10)#381 (10)#380 (81)
2019#995 (211)#221 (232)#258 (16)#506 (6)#403 (75)
2018#902 (240)#229 (225)#595 (4)#471 (7)#405 (73)
2017#909 (235)#236 (228)#442 (7)#418 (8)#348 (94)
2016#919 (234)#217 (257)#401 (8)#541 (5)#472 (61)
2015#907 (238)#231 (247)#470 (6)#699 (3)#425 (71)
2014#913 (235)#243 (227)#399 (8)#715 (3)#366 (87)
2013#902 (231)#206 (268)#590 (4)#479 (6)#403 (72)
2012#908 (228)#223 (235)#392 (8)#430 (8)#379 (78)
2011#928 (215)#229 (213)#648 (3)#730 (3)#448 (61)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #760.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mustafa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mustafa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #407NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #500OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #627CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Mustafa (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20568
Quebec2025#5138

Mustafa (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MustafaCanadaBoys#265127
MustafaEngland & WalesBoys#170298
MustafaIrelandBoys#30914
MustafaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MustafaScotlandBoys#33310
MustafaUSBoys#760339