Murphy**
#1,011 most common boys' name of all time · #2,391 across all names · 64% boys / 36% girls · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,011
Rank overall
#2,391 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
13,174
Since 2016
6,009
Peak year
2025 #754
Best rank
#524 1892
Girls
Boys
peak 1,124/yr
Murphy first appears in 1881. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 783 | 341 | 1,124 | #754 |
| 2024 | 650 | 308 | 958 | #813 |
| 2023 | 588 | 258 | 846 | #901 |
| 2022 | 443 | 267 | 710 | #885 |
| 2021 | 398 | 214 | 612 | #1,026 |
| 2020 | 261 | 225 | 486 | #966 |
| 2019 | 177 | 185 | 362 | #1,080 |
| 2018 | 146 | 165 | 311 | #1,162 |
| 2017 | 148 | 165 | 313 | #1,149 |
| 2016 | 124 | 163 | 287 | #1,170 |
| 2015 | 88 | 149 | 237 | #1,228 |
| 2014 | 42 | 123 | 165 | #1,386 |
| 2013 | 31 | 103 | 134 | #1,541 |
| 2012 | 25 | 73 | 98 | #1,943 |
| 2011 | 26 | 102 | 128 | #1,549 |
| 2010 | 30 | 103 | 133 | #1,553 |
| 2009 | 24 | 90 | 114 | #1,717 |
| 2008 | 34 | 85 | 119 | #1,762 |
| 2007 | 20 | 82 | 102 | #1,783 |
| 2006 | 35 | 60 | 95 | #2,152 |
| 2005 | 32 | 67 | 99 | #1,893 |
| 2004 | 27 | 79 | 106 | #1,632 |
| 2003 | 34 | 57 | 91 | #2,011 |
| 2002 | 25 | 57 | 82 | #1,946 |
| 2001 | 19 | 46 | 65 | #2,218 |
| 2000 | 21 | 53 | 74 | #1,945 |
| 1999 | 29 | 39 | 68 | #2,302 |
| 1998 | 31 | 47 | 78 | #2,014 |
| 1997 | 25 | 47 | 72 | #1,939 |
| 1996 | 29 | 50 | 79 | #1,819 |
| 1995 | 33 | 57 | 90 | #1,606 |
| 1994 | 29 | 55 | 84 | #1,646 |
| 1993 | 27 | 51 | 78 | #1,700 |
| 1992 | 57 | 43 | 100 | #1,887 |
| 1991 | 44 | 73 | 117 | #1,316 |
| 1990 | 33 | 70 | 103 | #1,327 |
| 1989 | 29 | 60 | 89 | #1,412 |
| 1988 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,852 |
| 1987 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #2,228 |
| 1986 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,496 |
| 1985 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,176 |
| 1984 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,853 |
| 1983 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,092 |
| 1982 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,945 |
| 1981 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,667 |
| 1980 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1979 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,372 |
| 1978 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,662 |
| 1977 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,787 |
| 1976 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,478 |
| 1975 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,603 |
| 1974 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,353 |
| 1973 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,751 |
| 1972 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,376 |
| 1971 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,360 |
| 1970 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,442 |
| 1969 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,819 |
| 1968 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,237 |
| 1967 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,517 |
| 1966 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,267 |
| 1965 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,258 |
| 1964 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,021 |
| 1963 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,042 |
| 1962 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,094 |
| 1961 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,288 |
| 1960 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,245 |
| 1959 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,143 |
| 1958 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1957 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,241 |
| 1956 | — | 66 | 66 | #919 |
| 1955 | — | 59 | 59 | #979 |
| 1954 | — | 62 | 62 | #941 |
| 1953 | — | 64 | 64 | #898 |
| 1952 | — | 81 | 81 | #783 |
| 1951 | — | 61 | 61 | #906 |
| 1950 | — | 62 | 62 | #872 |
| 1949 | — | 66 | 66 | #846 |
| 1948 | — | 57 | 57 | #915 |
| 1947 | — | 57 | 57 | #928 |
| 1946 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,013 |
| 1945 | — | 42 | 42 | #990 |
| 1944 | — | 68 | 68 | #758 |
| 1943 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #833 |
| 1942 | — | 58 | 58 | #860 |
| 1941 | — | 60 | 60 | #823 |
| 1940 | — | 53 | 53 | #868 |
| 1939 | 5 | 64 | 69 | #757 |
| 1938 | — | 69 | 69 | #738 |
| 1937 | — | 53 | 53 | #840 |
| 1936 | — | 44 | 44 | #933 |
| 1935 | 5 | 60 | 65 | #799 |
| 1934 | — | 60 | 60 | #805 |
| 1933 | — | 53 | 53 | #856 |
| 1932 | 5 | 81 | 86 | #681 |
| 1931 | 7 | 59 | 66 | #822 |
| 1930 | 6 | 61 | 67 | #838 |
| 1929 | — | 66 | 66 | #796 |
| 1928 | — | 52 | 52 | #945 |
| 1927 | — | 89 | 89 | #688 |
| 1926 | — | 89 | 89 | #674 |
| 1925 | — | 68 | 68 | #805 |
| 1924 | — | 65 | 65 | #855 |
| 1923 | — | 83 | 83 | #715 |
| 1922 | 9 | 78 | 87 | #752 |
| 1921 | — | 65 | 65 | #864 |
| 1920 | — | 73 | 73 | #781 |
| 1919 | 7 | 73 | 80 | #758 |
| 1918 | 6 | 59 | 65 | #860 |
| 1917 | 6 | 73 | 79 | #720 |
| 1916 | — | 69 | 69 | #729 |
| 1915 | 6 | 61 | 67 | #772 |
| 1914 | 8 | 51 | 59 | #738 |
| 1913 | — | 28 | 28 | #936 |
| 1912 | — | 41 | 41 | #665 |
| 1911 | — | 18 | 18 | #777 |
| 1910 | — | 14 | 14 | #842 |
| 1909 | — | 15 | 15 | #742 |
| 1908 | — | 17 | 17 | #653 |
| 1907 | — | 21 | 21 | #537 |
| 1906 | — | 17 | 17 | #586 |
| 1905 | — | 17 | 17 | #590 |
| 1904 | — | 11 | 11 | #748 |
| 1903 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #546 |
| 1902 | — | 7 | 7 | #975 |
| 1901 | — | 9 | 9 | #766 |
| 1900 | — | 21 | 21 | #532 |
| 1898 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #1,059 |
| 1897 | — | 14 | 14 | #580 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,039 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #676 |
| 1894 | — | 8 | 8 | #840 |
| 1893 | — | 13 | 13 | #568 |
| 1892 | — | 16 | 16 | #524 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #916 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #948 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,098 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #817 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,019 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #783 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #860 |