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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

MustafaIn Hebrew: מוסטפא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מוּסְטַפָא

Mustafa (Hebrew: מוסטפא) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 8,558 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 110 boys and ranked #167. Its peak year was 2011, with 215 babies.

People in Israel
8,558
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
110
rank #167
Peak year
2011
215 babies
USA, 2025
339
rank #760

Writing and saying Mustafa

In Hebrew letters the name is מוסטפא, read right to left. Mustafa is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Mustafa by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Mustafa: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Mustafa in English-speaking countries

Mustafa in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025339#7602025 (339)
United Kingdom2025308#1832024 (321)
England and Wales2025298#1702024 (303)
Scotland202510#3332024 (18)
Ireland202514#2982025 (14)
Alberta202517#2792012 (21)
Quebec20258#5122007 (14)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Mustafa has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Mustafa

How do you write Mustafa in Hebrew?

Mustafa is written מוסטפא in Hebrew (with vowel points: מוּסְטַפָא). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Mustafa?

8,558 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מוסטפא: 0 women and 8,558 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מוסטפא are men.

Is Mustafa used outside Israel?

The name Mustafa appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 339 boys were given it in 2025 (#760), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 308 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.