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.

Murlin

#9,297 most common boys' name of all time · #23,504 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1953

Rank among boys
#9,297
Rank overall
#23,504 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
321
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #1,858
Best rank
#1,856 1936
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
19201940

Murlin first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1953 — 6 6 #3,565
1949 — 8 8 #2,916
1948 — 5 5 #3,848
1945 — 7 7 #2,866
1944 — 10 10 #2,405
1943 — 8 8 #2,863
1942 — 8 8 #2,847
1941 — 6 6 #3,295
1940 — 11 11 #2,275
1938 — 7 7 #3,021
1937 — 6 6 #3,322
1936 — 15 15 #1,856
1935 — 8 8 #2,855
1934 — 8 8 #2,873
1933 — 13 13 #2,058
1932 — 9 9 #2,754
1931 — 9 9 #2,778
1930 — 5 5 #4,158
1929 — 10 10 #2,695
1928 — 6 6 #3,843
1927 — 19 19 #1,858
1926 — 6 6 #3,860
1925 — 11 11 #2,677
1924 — 9 9 #3,124
1923 — 17 17 #2,007
1922 — 11 11 #2,742
1921 — 14 14 #2,349
1920 — 13 13 #2,419
1919 — 11 11 #2,604
1918 — 13 13 #2,356
1917 — 6 6 #3,672
1916 — 10 10 #2,658
1915 — 9 9 #2,744
1912 — 7 7 #2,243