Boys' name · since 1998
Mustaf
125 babies named Mustaf in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 125
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mustaf sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 125 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Mustaf recorded 125 times among boys since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2024.
- #15,970 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 125 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mustaf ranks #15,970 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,970 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 125
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mustaf's 125 recorded births place it above 64.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mustaf's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mustaf splits its recorded history at 2012: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mustaf popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Mustaf by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Mustaf's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Mustaf births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Mustaf's decade-level peak was the 2010s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mustaf: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mustaf draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.