Musa Boy
How popular is Musa?
#469 boy name in 2025
651 baby boys were named Musa in the US in 2025, making it the 469th most popular boy name.
Musa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #469 for boys (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 651 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+186% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #930 in 2015, #744 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (651 boys) |
| Highest rank | #469 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Musa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Musa family of names ranked #457 for boys in 2025 (#511 the year before), with 659 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Musa | 651 | 99% |
| Mussa | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Musa is most popular
Babies named Musa per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.8 per 1,000 (339 boys)
- Michigan: 0.7 per 1,000 (149 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (139 boys)
- Maryland: 0.7 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- Illinois: 0.6 per 1,000 (166 boys)
Musa by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 102 | #2,855 |
| 1980s | 160 | #2,436 |
| 1990s | 309 | #2,060 |
| 2000s | 761 | #1,459 |
| 2010s | 2,106 | #747 |
| 2020s | 2,671 | #469 |
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Questions
- Is Musa a boy or girl name?
- Musa is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Musa were boys.
- How popular is the name Musa?
- 651 baby boys were named Musa in the US in 2025, making it the 469th most popular boy name.
- When was Musa most popular?
- Musa peaked in 2025, when 651 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #469 in 2025.
- How many people are named Musa?
- 6,140 babies have been named Musa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,051 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Musa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Musa was most common in New York, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.