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
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,085since 1882
Murry over time
Rank among boys' names. Murry has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,462 | 29 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,311 | 35 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,382 | 33 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,250 | 39 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,054 | 51 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,101 | 46 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,046 | 48 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,066 | 46 |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,006 | 48 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1948 | — | #989 | 50 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,014 | 50 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,257 | 31 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #958 | 48 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #992 | 41 |
| 1938 | — | #963 | 43 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,094 | 35 | |
| 1936 | — | #989 | 40 | |
| 1935 | — | #894 | 50 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,150 | 33 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1932 | — | #852 | 56 | |
| 1931 | — | #831 | 57 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #815 | 63 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | — | #779 | 69 | |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #884 | 59 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #749 | 73 |
| 1925 | — | #793 | 69 | |
| 1924 | — | #737 | 81 | |
| 1923 | — | #791 | 70 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #766 | 74 |
| 1921 | — | #814 | 70 | |
| 1920 | — | #826 | 66 | |
| 1919 | — | #695 | 80 | |
| 1918 | — | #773 | 71 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #612 | 94 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #824 | 57 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #785 | 59 |
| 1914 | — | #836 | 41 | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #914 | 29 |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Murry
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #651)
- Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1897 (#592 → #942)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1899 at #521 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1908–1932
- 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%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Murry (687) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #943 (1882) | #957 |
| 1890s | 75 | #521 (1899) | #740 |
| 1900s | 95 | #651 (1902) | #858 |
| 1910s | 493 | #612 (1917) | #778 |
| 1920s | 687 | #737 (1924) | #803 |
| 1930s | 458 | #815 (1930) | #959 |
| 1940s | 377 | #958 (1942) | #1,130 |
| 1950s | 393 | #1,006 (1950) | #1,240 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,311 (1962) | #1,682 |
| 1970s | 119 | #2,243 (1972) | #3,186 |
| 1980s | 79 | #3,108 (1982) | #4,816 |
| 1990s | 35 | #4,760 (1991) | #7,191 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,112 (2000) | #10,003 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,808 (2011) | #10,808 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 174,056 of them was named Murry, which outranked 24.1% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,552Zenaida7
- #3,552Zipporah7
- #3,552Zudora7
- #3,919Murry6
- #3,919Adalyn6
- #3,919Aina6
- #3,919Aldea6
- #4,417Aaron5
- #4,417Adamae5
- #4,417Adelaine5
Tied with 497 names at #3,919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 15,615 of them was named Murry, which outranked 81.8% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).