Mukhtar — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mukhtar

The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Mukhtar between 1984 and 2023, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mukhtar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mukhtar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mukhtar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mukhtar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mukhtar 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 144 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.