Murphy
#397 for girls in 2025, 783 births · #754 for boys in 2025, 341 births
Given to boys 64.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,486since 1881
Murphy 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #397 | 783 | #754 | 341 |
| 2024 | #474 | 650 | #813 | 308 |
| 2023 | #516 | 588 | #901 | 258 |
| 2022 | #667 | 443 | #885 | 267 |
| 2021 | #719 | 398 | #1,025 | 214 |
| 2020 | #976 | 261 | #965 | 225 |
| 2019 | #1,295 | 177 | #1,080 | 185 |
| 2018 | #1,497 | 146 | #1,160 | 165 |
| 2017 | #1,495 | 148 | #1,149 | 165 |
| 2016 | #1,712 | 124 | #1,169 | 163 |
| 2015 | #2,152 | 88 | #1,228 | 149 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 | #1,385 | 123 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | #1,540 | 103 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #1,942 | 73 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #1,544 | 102 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #1,552 | 103 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #1,717 | 90 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | #1,760 | 85 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #1,781 | 82 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | #2,150 | 60 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | #1,889 | 67 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | #1,629 | 79 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 | #2,006 | 57 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #1,943 | 57 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | #2,217 | 46 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #1,944 | 53 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #2,300 | 39 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | #1,933 | 47 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #1,817 | 50 |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | #1,603 | 57 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 | #1,643 | 55 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | #1,699 | 51 |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 | #1,884 | 43 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 | #1,314 | 73 |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | #1,326 | 70 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | #1,411 | 60 |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | — | #1,493 | 45 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,661 | 35 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,370 | 46 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,652 | 33 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,469 | 37 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,351 | 40 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,364 | 38 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,352 | 39 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,233 | 38 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,016 | 55 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,037 | 53 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,242 | 40 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,141 | 46 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,018 | 56 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #917 | 66 | |
| 1955 | — | #976 | 59 | |
| 1954 | — | #939 | 62 | |
| 1953 | — | #895 | 64 | |
| 1952 | — | #781 | 81 | |
| 1951 | — | #902 | 61 | |
| 1950 | — | #872 | 62 | |
| 1949 | — | #842 | 66 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #923 | 57 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #986 | 42 | |
| 1944 | — | #754 | 68 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #828 | 63 |
| 1942 | — | #859 | 58 | |
| 1941 | — | #817 | 60 | |
| 1940 | — | #862 | 53 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #754 | 64 |
| 1938 | — | #736 | 69 | |
| 1937 | — | #835 | 53 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #798 | 60 |
| 1934 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1933 | — | #852 | 53 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #677 | 81 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #816 | 59 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #832 | 61 |
| 1929 | — | #794 | 66 | |
| 1928 | — | #938 | 52 | |
| 1927 | — | #684 | 89 | |
| 1926 | — | #671 | 89 | |
| 1925 | — | #801 | 68 | |
| 1924 | — | #849 | 65 | |
| 1923 | — | #711 | 83 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #748 | 78 |
| 1921 | — | #856 | 65 | |
| 1920 | — | #775 | 73 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #753 | 73 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #855 | 59 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #713 | 73 |
| 1916 | — | #724 | 69 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #767 | 61 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | — | #930 | 28 | |
| 1912 | — | #659 | 41 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #568 | 17 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Murphy! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Murphy
- 59 spots since 2024 (#813 → #754)
- 211 spots since 2020 (#965 → #754)
- 474 spots since 2015 (#1,228 → #754)
- Biggest jump: 426 spots in 1897 (#982 → #556)
- Biggest drop: 446 spots in 1898 (#556 → #1,002)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1892 at #497 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1900–1945
- Highest: 1 in 5,009 boys born in 2025 were named Murphy (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #497 in 1892, was only 1 in 7,627 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.0% of all boys named Murphy (1,613) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #720 (1883) | #845 |
| 1890s | 86 | #497 (1892) | #747 |
| 1900s | 152 | #511 (1907) | #643 |
| 1910s | 487 | #659 (1912) | #772 |
| 1920s | 728 | #671 (1926) | #783 |
| 1930s | 604 | #677 (1932) | #802 |
| 1940s | 570 | #754 (1944) | #878 |
| 1950s | 597 | #781 (1952) | #968 |
| 1960s | 393 | #1,016 (1964) | #1,273 |
| 1970s | 354 | #1,351 (1974) | #1,510 |
| 1980s | 333 | #1,411 (1989) | #1,887 |
| 1990s | 532 | #1,314 (1991) | #1,753 |
| 2000s | 676 | #1,629 (2004) | #1,904 |
| 2010s | 1,331 | #1,080 (2019) | #1,375 |
| 2020s | 1,613 | #754 (2025) | #891 |
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.
Murphy in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 11,665 of them was named Murphy, which outranked 91.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,489Kaisley149
- #1,489Yazmin149
- #1,489Ziva149
- #1,495Murphy148
- #1,495Alba148
- #1,495Anneliese148
- #1,495Damaris148
- #1,505Arabelle147
- #1,505Asiya147
- #1,505Aubriana147
Tied with 9 names at #1,495; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 11,218 of them was named Murphy, which outranked 91.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).