Boy name Arabic origin Muslim tradition

Mustafa

moos-TAH-fah · 7 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
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Language
Arabic
Culture
Turkish/Arab
Religion
Muslim
Style era
classic
Themes
religious · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#820
2024 births304
Peak year2024
First appeared1963
Total US births7,031
2024 peak19631978199420092024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Musti
Alternate spellings
MustaphaMostafa
In other languages
Mustafa (Arabic/Turkish)Mostafa (Persian)Mustapha (French/Maghreb)

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