Muskaan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mus-KAHN
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Muskaan is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “smile”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Muskaan mean?
Hindi: Hindi and Urdu word
“smile”
Is Muskaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Muskaan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muskaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Muskaan, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 60 girls.
Half of all the girls named Muskaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Muskaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 38 | #997 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 33 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 48 | #784 |
| 2007 | 56 | #678 |
| 2006 | 40 | #824 |
| 2005 | 40 | #783 |
| 2004 | 60 | #576 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
How popular is Muskaan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Muskaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muskaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
Names like Muskaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Imaan, Aaliyah, Ayah, Hafsa, Hiba, Summer, Emaan, Maya, Sumayyah, Rahma
Names related to Muskaan
More Hindi names
Prisha, Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Shanaya, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Tulsi
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, “Muskaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muskaan, updated 20 October 2026.