Mostafa
- #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 755since 1978
Mostafa over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mostafa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #3,249 | 35 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
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| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Mostafa! It came in at #5,059, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mostafa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mostafa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mostafa
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 567 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,608)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1985 at #2,710 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,884
- Highest: 1 in 52,884 boys born in 2017 were named Mostafa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,710 in 1985, was only 1 in 102,678 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 29.0% of all boys named Mostafa (219) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,059 (1978) | #5,059 |
| 1980s | 96 | #2,710 (1985) | #4,214 |
| 1990s | 153 | #3,293 (1996) | #4,138 |
| 2000s | 199 | #3,188 (2002) | #4,590 |
| 2010s | 219 | #3,249 (2017) | #4,693 |
| 2020s | 82 | #5,041 (2020) | #6,450 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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