Muskan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mus-KAAN
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Muskan is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “smile”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Muskan mean?
Hindi: Hindi and Urdu word
“smile”
From the Hindi and Urdu word muskan, 'smile', and used by Hindu, Muslim and Sikh families alike.
Is Muskan a girl's or a boy's name?
Muskan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muskan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Muskan, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Muskan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Muskan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
How popular is Muskan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Muskan, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Muskan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muskan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
Names like Muskan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ayah, Maya, Hafsa, Hiba, Imaan, Summer, Raya, Maha, Emaan
Names related to Muskan
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, “Muskan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muskan, updated 20 October 2026.