NameTides

Musab

Musab was the #2,145 boys' name in the US in 2025 (67 babies), and #668 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

Musab as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Musab as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Musab as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,145 (67)#668 (54)—#829 (3)#943 (27)
2024#2,288 (62)#924 (34)——#959 (26)
2023#2,097 (70)#1,071 (27)——#1,496 (13)
2022#2,408 (58)#771 (42)——#1,178 (18)
2021#3,021 (40)#1,391 (18)——#1,342 (15)
2020#2,689 (46)#796 (39)#711 (3)—#1,176 (18)
2019#2,943 (41)#1,001 (28)——#1,448 (13)
2018#2,708 (45)#1,382 (18)——#1,682 (10)
2017#2,532 (50)#818 (39)——#1,510 (12)
2016#2,518 (50)#1,234 (22)#592 (4)—#1,831 (9)
2015#2,600 (47)#1,095 (25)——#1,816 (9)
2014#2,582 (47)#866 (34)——#1,778 (9)
2013#2,763 (42)#976 (29)——#1,470 (12)
2012#3,530 (30)#1,119 (24)——#1,781 (9)
2011#3,695 (28)#812 (37)——#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,097.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Musab is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 29,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Musab by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,080TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Musab (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Musab (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MusabCanadaBoys#94327
MusabEngland & WalesBoys#66854
Mus'AbEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
MusabIrelandBoys#8293
MusabNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MusabScotlandBoys—too few
MusabUSBoys#2,14567