Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Murdock

#9,027 most common boys' name of all time · #22,823 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2024

Rank among boys
#9,027
Rank overall
#22,823 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
340
Since 2016
66
Peak year
2016 #6,365
Best rank
#917 1892
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Murdock is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 5 5 #12,374
2023 — 8 8 #8,937
2022 — 9 9 #8,322
2021 — 7 7 #9,740
2019 — 7 7 #9,773
2018 — 6 6 #10,778
2017 — 11 11 #7,110
2016 — 13 13 #6,365
2015 — 5 5 #12,119
2014 — 5 5 #12,145
2011 — 7 7 #9,629
2007 — 5 5 #12,400
1983 — 5 5 #6,280
1976 — 5 5 #5,636
1972 — 6 6 #4,470
1971 — 5 5 #4,950
1962 — 6 6 #3,659
1961 — 5 5 #4,112
1957 — 7 7 #3,274
1956 — 7 7 #3,251
1953 — 7 7 #3,167
1951 — 9 9 #2,687
1949 — 5 5 #3,727
1948 — 5 5 #3,709
1946 — 6 6 #3,215
1943 — 6 6 #3,260
1941 — 9 9 #2,503
1940 — 7 7 #2,896
1939 — 5 5 #3,527
1937 — 7 7 #2,948
1936 — 9 9 #2,476
1933 — 5 5 #3,680
1932 — 9 9 #2,663
1930 — 6 6 #3,632
1928 — 5 5 #4,182
1927 — 8 8 #3,183
1926 — 9 9 #2,920
1924 — 7 7 #3,537
1923 — 8 8 #3,199
1921 — 8 8 #3,238
1920 — 9 9 #2,989
1919 — 6 6 #3,759
1918 — 6 6 #3,761
1917 — 6 6 #3,578
1916 — 8 8 #2,950
1914 — 9 9 #2,300
1905 — 5 5 #1,283
1892 — 7 7 #917
1890 — 5 5 #1,060
1880 — 5 5 #1,019