Muscab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MUS-ab
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Muscab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “difficult, hard to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Muscab mean?
Arabic: Somali spelling of Musab, with c for the Arabic letter ayn
“difficult, hard to tame”
Mus'ab ibn Umayr was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad, sent to Medina to teach Islam.
Is Muscab a girl's or a boy's name?
Muscab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muscab in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Muscab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Muscab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Muscab, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
2025 had fewer boys named Muscab than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Muscab in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muscab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
Names like Muscab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musab Muhammad Musa Zayaan Zayan Zayd Hamza Arham Azaan Mustafa Rayyan Zayyan
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, “Muscab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muscab, updated 20 October 2026.