How rare is the name Musa?

4,955 people in the United States have the first name Musa, about 1 in 60,955. It ranks #3,938 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MUSA

#3,938

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,955
About
1 in 60,955
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,955 people named Musa, 39.1% reported their origin as Black, 26.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 26.3% as White. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Musa peaked in 2025, when 651 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
651
In 2025*
651
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,140 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Musa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,274. The largest share of babies named Musa, 70.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,9395
1910s#10,5288
1920s#10,44218
1970s#8,192102
1980s#7,384160
1990s#5,918309
2000s#4,033761
2010s#2,1292,106
2020s#1,2742,671
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–965.5%
Generation Z 1997–1221.3%
2013 and later70.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Musa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Musa has been most common in New York (2.6×), Virginia (2.4×), and New Jersey (2.4×), and least common in Tennessee (0.3×).

4,763 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Musa

#3,936 Wynter · 4,959#3,937 Freida · 4,956#3,939 Tong · 4,954#3,940 Ubaldo · 4,953

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Musa, most common first.

#23,725 Musu · 411#27,176 Muse · 338#27,915 Mussa · 325#36,929 Muska · 213#49,660 Musya · 124

Also a last name

As a last name, Musa ranks #6,341 of 156,621, with 5,155 people. See Musa as a last name

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