Drawn from the water
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Musa is listed in our catalog as a boy name. Its listed meaning is "Drawn from the water". Listed origin: Arabic.
MOO-sah
Catalog phonetic spelling
In 2024, Musa ranked #525 in US Social Security name records for male births. This is the latest verified year in our catalog, not a live ranking.
| Birth year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #744 |
| 2021 | #747 |
| 2022 | #719 |
| 2023 | #653 |
| 2024 | #525 |
Source: Social Security Administration. US data is not a worldwide measure of usage. Missing years are not zero births.
Meanings, origins, pronunciations, and namesakes are catalog entries that have not yet completed source-by-source editorial review. Nicknames and middle-name pairings are ideas to try, not usage statistics. We show birth-name ranks only when the record includes source-file provenance; missing data is not evidence of rarity.
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Musa is listed in our catalog as a boy name. Its listed meaning is "Drawn from the water". Listed origin: Arabic.
Our catalog's pronunciation guide is MOO-sah. Pronunciation can vary by language and family.
In 2024, Musa ranked #525 in US Social Security name records for male births. This is the latest verified year in our catalog, not a live ranking.
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