Mousa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOO-sa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Mousa is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “drawn out of the water”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Mousa mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Moussa; French-style spelling of Musa, the Arabic form of Moses
“drawn out of the water”
This spelling of Musa is widespread in French-speaking West Africa; Musa is the name of Moses in the Qur'an.
Meaning borrowed from Moussa.
Is Mousa a girl's or a boy's name?
Mousa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mousa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Mousa, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Mousa of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Mousa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 847 boys in the UK were given Mousa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #75, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Mousa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Mousa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Mousa, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Mousa in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 728 boys in the US were given Mousa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Mousa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Mousa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Mustafa Hamza Ibrahim Abdullah Zayd Huzaifa Ahmed Rafa Zayaan Eesa Umar
Other spellings of Mousa
Names related to Mousa
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mousa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mousa, updated 20 October 2026.