Mustafa is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “the chosen one.” In 2024 it was given to 304 boys in the United States.
Mustafa belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the chosen one” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Mustafa first appears in Social Security records in 1963. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #820 in 2024, and in 2024 304 babies received the name — 7,031 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Mustafa means “the chosen one” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Mustafa is a boy name. In 2024, 304 babies received the name in the US.
Mustafa comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Mustafa first appears in US records in 1963. Its best-ever ranking was #820 in 2024, and 304 babies were given the name in 2024.
Mustafa is pronounced /www.bbc.com/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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