girls:
31 births since 1891
#5685 (1st percentile)
boys:
4.9k births since 1970
#1718 (63rd percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1891
#3894 (50th percentile)
The name Musa is the #3,894 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,915 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 49.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,718 (62.5% percentile) for all time with 4,884 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,685 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 1891.
Musa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Musa is available in 59 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 5 years for girls). 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.
The name Musa has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1891 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1970 to 2023).
For boys, Musa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 40.4% percentile (ranked #543) with 226 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 226 births per million (ranked 40.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1989, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Musa is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #543 (40.4% percentile) with 226 births per million.
For girls, Musa reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #587) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 25 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1926.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Musa".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Musa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Musa is pronounced as MUE-suh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MYUE-suh, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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