Moustapha — #7003 US boys' name
384 babies named Moustapha in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Moustapha was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Moustapha in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Moustapha
The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Moustapha between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moustapha currently holds the #7003 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Moustapha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Moustapha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Moustapha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Moustapha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 384 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Moustapha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Moustapha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2005)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #7003 among boys.
384 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 23 births in a single year.
Moustapha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 145 births that decade — 38% of Moustapha's all-time total
Moustapha decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 129 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Moustapha's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Moustapha by state
Where Moustapha concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 101 | 26.3% |
101 of 384 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 26.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 26.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.