Unisex name · since 2005
Muse
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Muse, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,672 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Muse currently ranks #8672 among unisex names in America, with 86 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Muse recorded 86 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #8672 nationally today, ahead of 38% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #18,412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,672 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Muse ranks #18,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,672 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 86 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,672 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Muse's 86 recorded births place it above 59.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Muse compares
86 24th percentile among 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
Muse's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Muse | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Muse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Muse splits its recorded history at 2015: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Muse popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Muse popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2024 (Muse as girls' name)
Muse by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Muse's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Muse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (65% of all-time use).
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What to do with Muse's data
- Muse's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Muse: 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 (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Muse 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.