Moosa is a distinctive choice, ranked #3256 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Moosa in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#3256
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About the Name Moosa
Moosa is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 315 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1361 in 2007 â and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Moosa is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Moosa in their class.
â Famous People Named Moosa
Nadeem Moosa â Nadeem Moosa is a Pakistani former cricketer.
Moosa Nazim â Moosa Nazim is a Maldivian swimmer.
Moosa Al Halyan â Moosa Al Halyan is an Emirati surrealist painter from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and a member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Moosa
Unlikely. With around 6 UK babies named Moosa per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Moosa in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Moosa is declining: down 852 places since 2020, to #3,256 in 2025. It peaked at #1,361 in 2007.
Moosa is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Moosa include: Nadeem Moosa, Moosa Nazim and Moosa Al Halyan. Short summaries for each appear below.
Moosa does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice â your child is unlikely to encounter American Moosas in the wild.
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UK babies named Moosa (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 852 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Moosa
Almost certainly the only Moosa in the class
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UK Popularity (1997–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Moosa
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Abu Daud Muhammad Moosa, better known as Moosa Bin Shamsher (Bengali: āĻŽā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻļāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ°), is a Bangladeshi businessman, philanthropist, economist, and self-proclaimed arms dealer serving as the CEO of DATCO Group, a labour export company.
Chovvakkaran Moosa (Anglicized as 'Choacara Mousa') was a wealthy Indian pepper merchant ' of southern India, who died in Thalassery (formerly, 'Tellicherry') in 1807.
Ebrahim Moosa is the Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought & Muslim Societies at the University of Notre Dame with appointments in the Department of History and in the Kroc Institute for International Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs.
Moosa Zameer (born 17 January 19??) is the incumbent Minister of Finance and Planning and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 2023 to September 2024.