Unisex name · since 2009

Musiq

77 babies named Musiq in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#19,188 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,472 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
77
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

Musiq currently ranks #11472 among unisex names in America, with 77 babies recorded since 2009.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Musiq has been recorded 77 times among boys since 2009, currently ranked #11472 nationally and more common than 18% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.

  • #19,188 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,472 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 77 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Musiq ranks #19,188 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,472 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 77 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,188 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,472 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
77
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%17.6%
Musiq vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Musiq's 77 recorded births place it above 57.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Musiq compares

77 22nd 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

Musiq's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Musiq Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 77 369 358,536
Peak-year births 8 34 22,252

Musiq's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Musiq's full recorded timeline at 2019, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Musiq popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
8
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
456789 2009201420162019202120232025 6

Musiq popularity over time - girls

44 total births recorded since 2007 (Musiq as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 44 births
45678910 2007201020152016202020212022 5

Musiq by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 48% of the file).

2010s was Musiq's strongest decade.

37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.

Musiq births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (48% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Musiq?
Musiq has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #19,188 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #11,472 of 13,930. 8 babies were born in 2016, its single highest year.
Where does Musiq sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Musiq ranks #19,188 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,472 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Musiq most popular?
Musiq was most popular in the 2010s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
Is Musiq a unisex name?
Yes, Musiq is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 77 births, and as a girl's name it has 44 births.
How long has the name Musiq been used?
Musiq has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 17 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Musiq?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mustafa, Musa, Musab, Mustapha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Musiq's data

  • Musiq's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Musiq

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Musiq: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Musiq 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.