Mustafa
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic used by Muslims. From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Mustafa (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mustafa has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 22 |
| 1999 | 27 |
| 2000 | 22 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 25 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 26 |
| 2006 | 28 |
| 2007 | 36 |
| 2008 | 41 |
| 2009 | 49 |
| 2010 | 40 |
| 2011 | 43 |
| 2012 | 37 |
| 2013 | 51 |
| 2014 | 31 |
| 2015 | 45 |
| 2016 | 44 |
| 2017 | 38 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 38 |
| 2020 | 45 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 22 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,223 |
| 2000 | 1,286 |
| 2001 | 1,339 |
| 2002 | 1,412 |
| 2003 | 1,488 |
| 2004 | 1,553 |
| 2005 | 1,604 |
| 2006 | 1,729 |
| 2007 | 1,929 |
| 2008 | 2,140 |
| 2009 | 2,319 |
| 2010 | 2,436 |
| 2011 | 2,560 |
| 2012 | 2,724 |
| 2013 | 2,889 |
| 2014 | 3,095 |
| 2015 | 3,351 |
| 2016 | 3,799 |
| 2017 | 4,208 |
| 2018 | 4,505 |
| 2019 | 4,717 |
| 2020 | 4,793 |
Mustafa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mustafa.Hi! My name is Mustafa.
- Mustafa har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mustafa has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Mustafa i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mustafa this afternoon.
- Mustafas mamma är lärare.Mustafa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mustafas mamma is Mustafa's mum.
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Questions about Mustafa
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What does the name Mustafa mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic used by Muslims. From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”).
How popular is Mustafa in Sweden?
22 babies were named Mustafa in 2022. In 2020, 4,793 people in Sweden had Mustafa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2013 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.