Murrel**
#5,042 most common boys' name of all time · #12,481 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1898–1977 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,042
Rank overall
#12,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
925
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #1,347
Best rank
#1,165 1913
Girls
Boys
peak 42/yr
Murrel first appears in 1898. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,052 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,152 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,654 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,324 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,310 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,353 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,927 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,462 |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,459 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,495 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,567 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,592 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,095 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,316 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,200 |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,552 |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,539 |
| 1939 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #1,754 |
| 1938 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,657 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,558 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,124 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,624 |
| 1934 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #1,621 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,389 |
| 1930 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1929 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,590 |
| 1928 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #1,368 |
| 1927 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #2,002 |
| 1926 | 12 | 30 | 42 | #1,347 |
| 1925 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #1,979 |
| 1924 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #1,521 |
| 1923 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #1,528 |
| 1922 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #1,327 |
| 1921 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #1,570 |
| 1920 | 11 | 25 | 36 | #1,528 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,932 |
| 1918 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #1,428 |
| 1917 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #1,622 |
| 1916 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #1,531 |
| 1915 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #2,018 |
| 1914 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #1,590 |
| 1913 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #1,165 |
| 1912 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #1,703 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,486 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,281 |