Murl**
#2,703 most common boys' name of all time · #6,496 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1885–1983 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,703
Rank overall
#6,496 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
2,567
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #856
Best rank
#797 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Murl first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,310 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,595 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,831 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,175 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,231 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,570 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,792 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,357 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,142 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,278 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,295 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,337 |
| 1963 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,983 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,077 |
| 1961 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,258 |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,454 |
| 1959 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,215 |
| 1958 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #1,856 |
| 1957 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,802 |
| 1956 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,037 |
| 1955 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,235 |
| 1954 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1953 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1952 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #1,591 |
| 1951 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,164 |
| 1950 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,970 |
| 1948 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,775 |
| 1947 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #1,180 |
| 1946 | 11 | 19 | 30 | #1,662 |
| 1945 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,112 |
| 1944 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,347 |
| 1943 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,383 |
| 1942 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #1,232 |
| 1941 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #1,266 |
| 1940 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,239 |
| 1939 | 6 | 36 | 42 | #1,076 |
| 1938 | 11 | 35 | 46 | #1,102 |
| 1937 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,298 |
| 1936 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1935 | 16 | 29 | 45 | #1,256 |
| 1934 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,085 |
| 1933 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #1,135 |
| 1932 | 12 | 42 | 54 | #1,032 |
| 1931 | 9 | 41 | 50 | #1,060 |
| 1930 | 24 | 47 | 71 | #1,000 |
| 1929 | 20 | 33 | 53 | #1,221 |
| 1928 | 20 | 46 | 66 | #1,026 |
| 1927 | 26 | 58 | 84 | #894 |
| 1926 | 19 | 50 | 69 | #970 |
| 1925 | 16 | 52 | 68 | #939 |
| 1924 | 19 | 65 | 84 | #856 |
| 1923 | 16 | 43 | 59 | #1,094 |
| 1922 | 21 | 55 | 76 | #945 |
| 1921 | 15 | 57 | 72 | #934 |
| 1920 | 29 | 52 | 81 | #963 |
| 1919 | 13 | 65 | 78 | #816 |
| 1918 | 29 | 53 | 82 | #910 |
| 1917 | 19 | 42 | 61 | #1,013 |
| 1916 | 22 | 59 | 81 | #807 |
| 1915 | 24 | 50 | 74 | #873 |
| 1914 | 17 | 35 | 52 | #940 |
| 1913 | 17 | 26 | 43 | #983 |
| 1912 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #1,016 |
| 1911 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #1,251 |
| 1910 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #1,673 |
| 1909 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #997 |
| 1908 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #1,078 |
| 1907 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #1,432 |
| 1906 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #1,195 |
| 1905 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #906 |
| 1904 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #1,148 |
| 1903 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #1,242 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,244 |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | #843 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,254 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,144 |
| 1898 | — | 9 | 9 | #797 |
| 1897 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #1,171 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1894 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #933 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #894 |
| 1891 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #831 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,069 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | 5 | — |