Mushka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MOOSH-kuh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Mushka is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Mushka mean?
Yiddish name of uncertain root
Used by Chabad families in honour of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Is Mushka a girl's or a boy's name?
Mushka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mushka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Mushka, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Mushka in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mushka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
Names like Mushka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Raya, Meera, Amira, Zaira, Zayla, Sama, Salma, Hafsa, Samira, Naya, Yara
Names related to Mushka
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mushka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mushka, updated 20 October 2026.