Girls' name · since 1998
Muskaan
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 320 babies named Muskaan, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 320
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Muskaan sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 320 recorded since 1998.
Muskaan has 320 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2023.
- #15,396 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 320 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Muskaan ranks #15,396 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 320 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 320
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Muskaan's 320 recorded births place it above 78.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Muskaan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Muskaan's full recorded timeline at 2010, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Muskaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2023
- Peak year (2004)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Muskaan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (191 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Muskaan's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Muskaan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
191 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 191 births (60% of all-time use).
Muskaan by state
Where Muskaan concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 65 | 20.3% |
65 of 320 births nationwide.
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- Muskaan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Muskaans (65 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Muskaan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1998–2023 (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 Muskaan 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.