Musa
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,851 · #469 for boys in 2025, 651 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 651 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,109since 1970
Musa over time
Rank among boys' names. Musa has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #469 | 651 | |
| 2024 | — | #523 | 568 | |
| 2023 | — | #653 | 418 | |
| 2022 | — | #718 | 367 | |
| 2021 | — | #747 | 341 | |
| 2020 | — | #744 | 326 | |
| 2019 | — | #794 | 289 | |
| 2018 | — | #747 | 317 | |
| 2017 | — | #829 | 268 | |
| 2016 | — | #950 | 219 | |
| 2015 | — | #930 | 228 | |
| 2014 | — | #999 | 206 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,211 | 148 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,106 | 168 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,285 | 133 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,316 | 130 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,459 | 114 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,620 | 96 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,464 | 109 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,492 | 102 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,869 | 68 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,911 | 64 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,888 | 59 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,993 | 51 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,063 | 46 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,312 | 38 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,502 | 32 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,073 | 41 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,860 | 19 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,018 | 14 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Musa! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Musa is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#505 · 1 in 3,314
- Maryland#509 · 1 in 3,136
- Pennsylvania#552 · 1 in 4,052
- Virginia#556 · 1 in 3,847
- Kentucky#618 · 1 in 4,455
Best ever in a state: #142 in Delaware, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #505 | 31 | 1 in 3,314 |
| Maryland | #509 | 9 | 1 in 3,136 |
| Pennsylvania | #552 | 15 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Virginia | #556 | 11 | 1 in 3,847 |
| Kentucky | #618 | 5 | 1 in 4,455 |
| Michigan | #642 | 11 | 1 in 4,442 |
| New Jersey | #644 | 9 | 1 in 4,660 |
| Minnesota | #649 | 6 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Illinois | #692 | 14 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Massachusetts | #701 | 5 | 1 in 5,983 |
| Georgia | #814 | 9 | 1 in 6,113 |
| Ohio | #831 | 9 | 1 in 6,698 |
| California | #1,050 | 20 | 1 in 11,565 |
| Texas | #1,150 | 16 | 1 in 11,659 |
| Florida | #1,645 | 5 | 1 in 19,202 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Musa
- 54 spots since 2024 (#523 → #469)
- 275 spots since 2020 (#744 → #469)
- 461 spots since 2015 (#930 → #469)
- Biggest jump: 212 spots in 2014 (#1,211 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 47 spots in 2019 (#747 → #794)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2025 at #469 (651 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,624 boys born in 2025 were named Musa (0.04%)
- 43.7% of all boys named Musa (2,671) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 102 | #2,857 (1973) | #3,493 |
| 1980s | 160 | #2,437 (1984) | #3,059 |
| 1990s | 309 | #2,063 (1999) | #2,555 |
| 2000s | 761 | #1,459 (2009) | #1,809 |
| 2010s | 2,106 | #747 (2018) | #1,017 |
| 2020s | 2,671 | #469 (2025) | #642 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Musa in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 9,325 of them was named Musa, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #996Ayan207
- #996Reyansh207
- #996Tyree207
- #999Musa206
- #999Garrison206
- #999Reagan206
- #999Rylen206
- #1,004Branden205
- #1,004Carsen205
- #1,004Demarcus205
Tied with 4 names at #999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.