Boys' name · since 2017
Mustafo
Mustafo has 187 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,370 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,085 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
187 babies have been named Mustafo since 2017, making it today's #3085 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Mustafo recorded 187 times among boys since 2017, holding rank #3085 nationally today, ahead of 78% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #13,370 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,085 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 187 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mustafo ranks #13,370 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,085 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 187 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,370 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,085 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 187
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mustafo's 187 recorded births place it above 70.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Mustafo compares
187 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mustafo's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mustafo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 187 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mustafo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mustafo splits its recorded history at 2021: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 47 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mustafo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Mustafo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (162 births, 87% of the file).
2020s was Mustafo's strongest decade.
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Mustafo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
162 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 162 births (87% of all-time use).
Mustafo by state
Where Mustafo concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 84 | 44.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.7% |
84 of 187 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Mustafos (84 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mustafo: 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, 2017–2025 (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 Mustafo 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.