Mujtaba comes from the Arabic / Islamic tradition, meaning Chosen, selected, preferred, elected, authorized..
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How popular is Mujtaba?
2017peak year
Today, Mujtaba is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6587), with only about 14 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2017, 23 babies were given the name (ranked #4425 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Mujtaba has been declining in recent years. In all, around 379 babies have been registered as Mujtaba since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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