Murl
Last seen for girls in 1958 at #5,408 · Last seen for boys in 1983 at #6,238
Given to boys 75.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,941since 1886
Murl 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
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,900 | 17 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #1,118 | 34 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,050 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #990 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 | #892 | 58 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #933 | 52 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #849 | 65 |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | #1,087 | 43 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #931 | 57 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | #960 | 52 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | #909 | 53 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #1,003 | 42 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #803 | 59 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Murl! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Murl is popular in 1886
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Murl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 383 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 638 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,589)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1898 at #744 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 68 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1912–1916
- Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Murl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,513 boys born in 1983 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #744 in 1898, was only 1 in 13,632 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.3% of all boys named Murl (511) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1910, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #959 (1886) | #959 |
| 1890s | 40 | #744 (1898) | #885 |
| 1900s | 68 | #779 (1901) | #1,054 |
| 1910s | 365 | #803 (1916) | #1,008 |
| 1920s | 511 | #849 (1924) | #979 |
| 1930s | 362 | #990 (1930) | #1,108 |
| 1940s | 266 | #1,103 (1945) | #1,403 |
| 1950s | 185 | #1,313 (1950) | #1,870 |
| 1960s | 94 | #1,957 (1963) | #2,763 |
| 1970s | 34 | #4,190 (1974) | #4,870 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,525 (1980) | #5,882 |
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.
Murl in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Murl, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.