Mukhtar
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning chosen, selected; the chosen one.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Mukhtar by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Mukhtar. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
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