Musab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOOS-ab
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #718 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,145 for boys
Musab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “difficult, hard to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 718th for boys in the UK (54 babies) and 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Musab mean?
Arabic
“difficult, hard to tame”
Mus'ab ibn Umayr was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, sent as the first envoy to teach Islam in Medina.
Is Musab a girl's or a boy's name?
Musab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the UK and 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Musab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the UK were named Musab, making it the 718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 812th.
2025 had the most boys named Musab of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Musab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were given Musab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #553, up from #718 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 668th in England and Wales.
Musab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #718 |
| 2024 | 34 | #984 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 42 | #829 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 42 | #812 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 41 | #860 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 35 | #925 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 38 | #859 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 35 | #882 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Musab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Musab, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Musab in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Musab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #2,145 for this spelling alone.
- Musab 67
- Musaab 12
Musab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,288 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,096 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 50 | #2,518 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
Names like Musab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Hamza Zayd Zayan Mustafa Abdullah Ahmed Umar Azaan Zayyan Huzaifa
Other spellings of Musab
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Musab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/musab, updated 20 October 2026.