Murl
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #5,408 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 75.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,941since 1886
Murl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,900 | 17 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #1,118 | 34 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,050 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #990 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 | #892 | 58 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #849 | 65 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | #1,087 | 43 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #931 | 57 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | #960 | 52 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #1,003 | 42 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #803 | 59 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Murl! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Murl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 383 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 638 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,589)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1898 at #744 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 68 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1912–1916
- Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Murl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #744 in 1898, was only 1 in 13,632 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.3% of all boys named Murl (511) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1910, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 40 | #744 (1898) | #885 |
| 1900s | 68 | #779 (1901) | #1,054 |
| 1910s | 365 | #803 (1916) | #1,008 |
| 1920s | 511 | #849 (1924) | #979 |
| 1930s | 362 | #990 (1930) | #1,108 |
| 1940s | 266 | #1,103 (1945) | #1,403 |
| 1950s | 185 | #1,313 (1950) | #1,870 |
| 1960s | 94 | #1,957 (1963) | #2,763 |
| 1970s | 34 | #4,190 (1974) | #4,870 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,525 (1980) | #5,882 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Murl in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 46,914 of them was named Murl, which outranked 69.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,569Tommye25
- #1,569Veta25
- #1,569Virgina25
- #1,607Murl24
- #1,607Akiko24
- #1,607Aldine24
- #1,607Alison24
- #1,661Aleta23
- #1,661Aloha23
- #1,661Antonina23
Tied with 53 names at #1,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 23,348 of them was named Murl, which outranked 78.2% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).