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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

MusaIn Hebrew: מוסא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מוּסַא

Musa (Hebrew: מוסא) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 6,623 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 98 boys and ranked #175. Its peak year was 2023, with 130 babies.

People in Israel
6,623
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
98
rank #175
Peak year
2023
130 babies
USA, 2025
651
rank #469

Writing and saying Musa

In Hebrew letters the name is מוסא, read right to left. Musa is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Musa by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Musa: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Musa in English-speaking countries

Musa in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025651#4692025 (651)
United Kingdom2025827#682025 (827)
England and Wales2025798#642025 (798)
Scotland202525#1702025 (25)
Ireland202515#2762024 (16)
British Columbia202312#2772023 (12)
Alberta202543#1082025 (43)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Musa has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Musa

How do you write Musa in Hebrew?

Musa is written מוסא in Hebrew (with vowel points: מוּסַא). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Musa?

6,623 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מוסא: 0 women and 6,623 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Musa a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מוסא are men.

Is Musa used outside Israel?

The name Musa appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 651 boys were given it in 2025 (#469), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 827 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.