# Moussa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/moussa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,096 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,096 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 128, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,574 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,990 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,614 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,968 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,064 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,873 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,050 |
| 2018 | 46 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,924 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,249 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3,340 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,390 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,835 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3,501 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,112 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Moussa

- Moussa Sissoko, French footballer (born 1989)
- Moussa Diaby, French footballer (born 1999)
- Moussa Faki, Chadian politician
- Moussa Koussa, former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Moussa Sylla, French-Malian association football player
- Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager
- Moussa Latoundji, Beninese footballer
- Moussa Ouattara, Burkinabé footballer
- Moussa Diabaté, French basketball player (born 2002)
- Moussa Maaskri, French actor
- Moussa Yedan, Burkinabè footballer
- Moussa Taleb, Emirati chess grandmaster

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.