Mustapha

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mustapha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mustapha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #629 in 2007, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1257
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#2142
2001	#1467
2002	#1322
2003	#1188
2004	#1732
2005	#1991
2006	#1347
2007	#1756
2008	#2276
2009	#1749
2010	#1241
2011	#1909
2012	#1589
2013	#2954
2014	#2248
2015	#2707
2016	#1627
2017	#1546
2018	#2259
2019	#1506
2020	#2404
2022	#2755
2023	#2160
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2007: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1756 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mustapha by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mustapha in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	102	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	124	10 of 10	12
2020s	34	4 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mustapha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Mustapha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mustaqeem · #2587, 11y
Muzamil · #2220, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Christabel · #629, 29y
Habib · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Mustapha was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mustapha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mustapha without appearing here.

Mustapha moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Mustapha

Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1188 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #731.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1294.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1546 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #1382.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1347 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Mustapha

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mustapha went from #1257 to #2443 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mustapha went from #1347 to #2443 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Mustapha

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mustapha went from #1765 to #2755 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mustapha went from #1257 to #2160 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mustapha went from #1765 to #2755 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mustapha went from #1821 to #2755 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mustapha

Mustapha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mustapha by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mustapha at a glance

Mustapha by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mustapha moved ahead of

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