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How popular is the name Mustapha?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mustaphas are alive today.
Mustapha (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2010, when 20 babies were given the name, the 1241st most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.
The Mustapha you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Mustaphas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 24, and there are at least 330 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mustapha - on average, only one in every 919 such rooms contains a Mustapha.
How many babies are named Mustapha each year?
Where does Mustapha rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mustapha most popular?
Mustapha peaked in 2010, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mustapha?
At least 330 people named Mustapha born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mustapha?
Most living Mustaphas are between 9 and 24; the most common age is about 15.
Is Mustapha becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.