Murry

Last seen for girls in 1952 at #5,563 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to boys 97.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1899 · 14 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,085
since 1882

Murry over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Murry has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #521, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#12,1465
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011#10,8086
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003#10,8945
2002
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998
1997
1996#7,9716
1995#6,4078
1994
1993#8,7005
1992
1991#4,76011
1990#8,1175
1989#7,9055
1988
1987#5,4597
1986#4,13010
1985#5,7856
1984#4,9737
1983#3,63011
1982#3,10814
1981#3,41212
1980#4,9407
1979#3,56911
1978#3,61410
1977#4,1648
1976#4,0128
1975#2,90213
1974#3,8378
1973#2,85712
1972#2,24317
1971#2,36616
1970#2,29316
1969#1,97718
1968#2,03016
1967#1,60923
1966#1,89117
1965#2,17814
1964#1,46229
1963#1,51327
1962#1,31135
1961#1,46730
1960#1,38233
1959#1,38732
1958#1,59324
1957#1,25039
1956#1,72221
1955#1,05451
1954#1,10146
1953#1,04648
1952#5,5635#1,06646
1951#1,17138
1950#1,00648
1949#5,2445#1,32230
1948#98950
1947#1,01450
1946#1,25731
1945#1,22729
1944#1,15233
1943#1,18733
1942#3,7387#95848
1941#3,5597#97143
1940#3,8636#1,22730
1939#3,7826#99241
1938#96343
1937#1,09435
1936#98940
1935#89450
1934#1,15033
1933#1,01340
1932#85256
1931#83157
1930#4,5505#81563
1929#4,0536#88856
1928#77969
1927#2,69912#88459
1926#4,3066#74973
1925#79369
1924#73781
1923#79170
1922#5,0095#76674
1921#81470
1920#82666
1919#69580
1918#77371
1917#4,5945#61294
1916#3,9196#82457
1915#3,4347#78559
1914#83641
1913#2,8276#91429
1912#87626
1911#70720
1910#75516
1909#95110
1908#71214
1907#1,0947
1906#79810
1905#78610
1904#8748
1903#9107
1902#65112
1901#1,0585
1900#74312
1899#52114
1898#70110
1897#9426
1896#59213
1895#64011
1894
1893#7688
1892#7928
1891#9635
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Murry! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1902 (#1,058#651)
  • Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1897 (#592#942)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1899 at #521 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1908–1932
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,587
  • Highest: 1 in 7,587 boys born in 1899 were named Murry (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Murry (687) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#943 (1882)#957
1890s75#521 (1899)#740
1900s95#651 (1902)#858
1910s493#612 (1917)#778
1920s687#737 (1924)#803
1930s458#815 (1930)#959
1940s377#958 (1942)#1,130
1950s393#1,006 (1950)#1,240
1960s242#1,311 (1962)#1,682
1970s119#2,243 (1972)#3,186
1980s79#3,108 (1982)#4,816
1990s35#4,760 (1991)#7,191
2000s11#9,112 (2000)#10,003
2010s6#10,808 (2011)#10,808
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

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.

Murry in 1915

girls
#3,434
7 births · 1 in 140,550 girls
boys
#785
59 births · 1 in 14,383 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #3,434Murry7

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #785Murry59
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 140,550 of them was named Murry, which outranked 30.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Murry
  1. #3,134Zaida8
  2. #3,134Zilphia8
  3. #3,134Zylpha8
  4. #3,434Murry7
  5. #3,434Adelyne7
  6. #3,434Albertia7
  7. #3,434Alexine7
  8. #3,795Alberteen6
  9. #3,795Aldie6
  10. #3,795Aleine6

Tied with 360 names at #3,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 14,383 of them was named Murry, which outranked 82.1% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Murry
  1. #776Mckinley60
  2. #776Regis60
  3. #776Smith60
  4. #785Murry59
  5. #785Carey59
  6. #785Kirby59
  7. #785Myles59
  8. #791Audrey58
  9. #791Brady58
  10. #791Carmelo58

Tied with 5 names at #785; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915