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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #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.

Where Murry is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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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 1882

boys
#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Murry5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Murry, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Murry
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Murry5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

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

See the top 100 for 1882 →