boys:
1k births since 1988
#3571 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1988
#6717 (13th percentile)
The name Moussa is the #6,717 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,022 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 13.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,571 (22.1% percentile) for all time with 1,022 births since 1988.
Moussa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for boys in 1988). Birth data for Moussa is available in 35 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Moussa reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #847) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Moussa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #872 (4.3% percentile) with 24 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Moussa".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Moussa", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Musa" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Musa..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Moussa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.5% confident that Moussa is pronounced as MUE-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MOW-suh, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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