Musa

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Musa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Musa: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #73, and it stood at #286 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#73highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1052
1998	#780
1999	#869
2000	#596
2001	#617
2002	#534
2003	#437
2004	#378
2005	#370
2006	#305
2007	#308
2008	#279
2009	#247
2010	#249
2011	#226
2012	#213
2013	#191
2014	#189
2015	#162
2016	#137
2017	#134
2018	#128
2019	#129
2020	#115
2021	#111
2022	#99
2023	#85
2024	#73

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #73 among boys in England and Wales, #199 among boys in Scotland, #267 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #73 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Musa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 7,252 births with the name.

Musa across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Musa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#73 (2024)	#73 (2024)	29 of 29	7,252 (1996–2024)	731 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#267 (2024)	#286 (2025)	11 of 21	82 (2005–2025)	16 (2024)

Musa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Musa in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	65	4 of 10	16
2000s	885	10 of 10	89
2010s	3,383	10 of 10	338
2020sbusiest	2,919	5 of 10	584

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 584 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Musa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in England and Wales in 2024.

Musa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#73	731	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#85	607	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#99	566	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#111	533	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#115	482	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#129	434	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#128	452	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#134	447	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#137	431	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#162	362	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#189	301	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#191	293	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#213	257	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#226	217	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#249	189	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#247	178	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#279	151	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#308	122	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#305	116	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#370	85	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#378	75	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#437	58	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#534	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	16	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#199	21	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #73, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 731 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Musab · #771, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bethan · #72, 30y
Kiri · #77, 30y
Abi · #78, 30y
Filippa · #67, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brody · #73, 30y
Makayla · #73, 30y
Ophelia · #73, 30y
Bethan · #72, 30y

Musa was ranked #73 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Musa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Musa without appearing here.

Musa moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1052 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #780 and #1367.
Garry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #869 and #750 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #596 and #1048.
Jan Compare
In 1999 they stood at #869 and #718 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #596 and #1048.
Noel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #869 and #776 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #596 and #953.

Moved ahead of Musa

Hudson Compare
In 2017 they stood at #134 and #135 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #128 and #114.
Arlo Compare
In 2012 they stood at #213 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #191 and #189.

Moved the opposite way to Musa

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Musa

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Musa went from #976 to #73 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #73 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Musa

Musa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Musa across 2 official records

Musa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Musa across 2 official records

Musa by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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