Boys' name · since 1970
Musa
6,109 babies named Musa in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,568 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #469 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,109
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Musa is the #469 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 6,109 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Musa has been recorded 6,109 times among boys since 1970, currently ranked #469 nationally and more common than 97% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #1,568 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #469 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,109 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Musa ranks #1,568 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #469 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,109 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,568 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #469 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,109
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Musa's 6,109 recorded births place it above 96.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Musa compares
6,109 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Musa's all-time total is 17x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Musa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,109 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 651 | 34 | 22,252 |
Musa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Musa splits its recorded history at 1998: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 651 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Musa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 651
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Musa popularity over time - girls
31 total births recorded since 1891 (Musa as girls' name)
Musa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,671 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Musa's strongest decade.
2,671 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Musa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 102
1970s
102 births
- 1980s 160
1980s
160 births
- 1990s 309
1990s
309 births
- 2000s 761
2000s
761 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,106 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,671 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,671 births (44% of all-time use).
How Musa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Musa's total volume
Musa by state
Where Musa concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 972 | 15.9% |
| #2 | California | | 569 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 521 | 8.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 398 | 6.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 316 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 286 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 270 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 263 | 4.3% |
972 of 6,109 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Musa appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Musas (972 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Musa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Musa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.