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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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 1930

girls
#4,550
5 births · 1 in 225,185 girls
boys
#815
63 births · 1 in 17,419 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #4,550Murry5

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #815Murry63
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 225,185 of them was named Murry, which outranked 13.3% 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).

Ranked beside Murry
  1. #4,047Zannie6
  2. #4,047Zelta6
  3. #4,047Zephyr6
  4. #4,550Murry5
  5. #4,550Adalene5
  6. #4,550Adean5
  7. #4,550Adelfa5

Tied with 697 names at #4,550; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 17,419 of them was named Murry, which outranked 82.1% 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).

Ranked beside Murry
  1. #810Evans64
  2. #810Lindy64
  3. #810Virgle64
  4. #815Murry63
  5. #815Chauncey63
  6. #815Furman63
  7. #815Garry63
  8. #824Carter62
  9. #824Dwaine62
  10. #824Estel62

Tied with 8 names at #815; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930