Murdock
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 340since 1880
Murdock over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Murdock has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
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| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Murdock was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Murdock is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Murdock in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Murdock
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #861 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1880–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,434
- Highest: 1 in 17,434 boys born in 1892 were named Murdock (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.9% of all boys named Murdock (54) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 12 | #861 (1892) | #928 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 35 | #2,271 (1914) | #3,241 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,904 (1926) | #3,295 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,452 (1936) | #3,118 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,491 (1941) | #3,187 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,070 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,640 (1962) | #3,853 |
| 1970s | 16 | #4,441 (1972) | #4,978 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,238 (1983) | #6,238 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,367 (2007) | #12,367 |
| 2010s | 54 | #6,349 (2016) | #9,679 |
| 2020s | 29 | #8,300 (2022) | #9,821 |
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.
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