Girls' name · since 2008
Muslima
229 babies named Muslima in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,461 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,497 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Muslima currently ranks #6497 among girls' names in America, with 229 babies recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Muslima recorded 229 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #6497 nationally today, ahead of 62% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #18,461 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,497 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 229 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Muslima ranks #18,461 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,497 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 229 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,461 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,497 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Muslima's 229 recorded births place it above 74.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Muslima compares
229 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Muslima's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Muslima | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 229 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Muslima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Muslima splits its recorded history at 2019: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Muslima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Muslima by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (143 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Muslima's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Muslima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
143 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 143 births (62% of all-time use).
Muslima by state
Where Muslima concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 99 | 43.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 7.0% |
99 of 229 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Muslimas (99 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Muslima: 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 (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Muslima 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.