Recorded 1998–2023 Girls' name Peak 2004 320 births

Muskaan — girls' name

320 babies named Muskaan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s142000s1912010s892020s26
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Muskaan was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

24 babies were named Muskaan in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Muskaan

The Social Security Administration has registered 320 babies named Muskaan between 1998 and 2023, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Muskaan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Muskaan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Muskaan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Muskaan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Muskaan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 320 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Muskaan at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

320

Since 1998

26 years of records

Peak year

2004

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1998

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2023

Muskaan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1998

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2004)
24
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
0510152025 2023201920142010200620021998 8

Muskaan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
191 births that decade — 60% of Muskaan's all-time total
1990s142000s1912010s892020s26

Muskaan by state

Where Muskaan concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Muskaan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
65 20.3%
California share of Muskaan's total US births 20.3%

65 of 320 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Muskaan?
320 babies have been named Muskaan since 1998. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2004 with 24 births.
When was Muskaan most popular?
Muskaan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 191 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Muskaan most popular?
The top states for the name Muskaan are California (65 births).
How long has the name Muskaan been used?
Muskaan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 26 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Muskaan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mushka, Muskan, Muslima, Musette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.