Boys' name · since 1984
Musab
919 babies named Musab in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,428 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,158 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 919
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
919 babies have been named Musab since 1984, making it today's #2158 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Musab recorded 919 times among boys since 1984, holding rank #2158 nationally today, ahead of 85% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #5,428 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,158 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 919 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Musab ranks #5,428 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,158 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 919 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,428 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,158 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 919
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Musab's 919 recorded births place it above 88.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Minnesota.
How Musab compares
919 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Musab's all-time total is 149% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Musab | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 919 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 34 | 22,252 |
Musab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Musab's full recorded timeline at 2010, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 70 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Musab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Musab by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (403 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Musab's strongest decade.
403 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Musab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 138
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
403 births
- 2020s
2020s
343 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 403 births (44% of all-time use).
How Musab 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 Musab's total volume
Musab by state
Where Musab concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 212 | 23.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 42 | 4.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 31 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 27 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Washington | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
212 of 919 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Musab's data
- Musab's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (403 total births) through the 2020s (343) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Minnesota records the most Musabs (212 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Musab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Musab 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.