Moosa — #11496 US boys' name
277 babies named Moosa in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Moosa was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Moosa in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Moosa
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Moosa between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Moosa currently holds the #11496 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Moosa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Moosa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Moosa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Moosa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 277 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Moosa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Moosa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2017)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #11496 among boys.
277 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 23 births in a single year.
Moosa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 139 births that decade — 50% of Moosa's all-time total
Moosa decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Moosa's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Moosa by state
Where Moosa concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
Top 5 states
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.