boy's name

Mustapha

  • Origin Dutch
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 10,575

Ireland

#806

2007 births

Mustapha is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Mustapha is a name of Dutch origin.
  • Peaked in France in 1971, when 300 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 23,580 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1938.

Mustapha over time

Births per decade in France, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,720
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mustapha by decade in France
Decade Births
1930s 10
1940s 55
1950s 570
1960s 2,220
1970s 2,720
1980s 2,265
1990s 750
2000s 385
2010s 330
2020s (to 2025) 170

How popular is Mustapha?

In 2025, Mustapha was given to 25 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Mustapha is used

Ireland #806 3 in 2007
France #1,439 25 in 2025
Canada #3,230 6 in 2024
England & Wales #3,253 7 in 2025
United States #5,860 16 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mustapha

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mustapha also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mustapha over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Mustapha in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Persian
Mostafa
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Moustapha Moustafa Mostapha

Sibling names for Mustapha

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mustapha — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mustapha

How popular is the name Mustapha?

In 2025, Mustapha was given to 25 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Mustapha a girl's or a boy's name?

Mustapha is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Mustapha most popular?

Mustapha peaked in 1971, when 300 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Mustapha a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mustapha currently ranks #1,439 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.