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Murray Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Murray?

In 2018 the rare name Murray, ranked the 2,765th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Murray is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #206 in 1922 with 628 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Murray in any given year was 14 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Murray occurred roughly during the years 1884-1887, 1902-1905, 1906-1916, 1917-1921, and 2009-2012, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1964-1968, and 1973-1977.

Murray's popularity has been moving upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Murray has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Murray?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Murray is very unique but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Murray has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Murray (Girl)Murray (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 6 14,995 44 2,765
2017 5 17,563 52 2,465
2016 6 15,609 43 2,812
2015 < 5 -- 44 2,751
2014 < 5 -- 40 2,916
2013 < 5 -- 26 3,929
2012 5 18,681 42 2,850
2011 < 5 -- 31 3,487
2010 < 5 -- 30 3,595
2009 < 5 -- 23 4,380
2008 < 5 -- 26 3,998
2007 < 5 -- 18 5,143
2006 < 5 -- 19 4,800
2005 < 5 -- 33 3,145
2004 < 5 -- 15 5,408
2003 < 5 -- 21 4,066
2002 < 5 -- 18 4,436
2001 < 5 -- 32 2,904
2000 < 5 -- 25 3,384
1999 < 5 -- 29 2,912
1998 < 5 -- 28 2,898
1997 < 5 -- 17 3,998
1996 < 5 -- 32 2,467
1995 < 5 -- 25 2,898
1994 < 5 -- 31 2,480
1993 < 5 -- 34 2,275
1992 < 5 -- 37 2,116
1991 < 5 -- 34 2,180
1990 5 14,465 37 2,035
1989 < 5 -- 45 1,725
1988 < 5 -- 33 1,977
1987 < 5 -- 33 1,928
1986 6 10,428 38 1,682
1985 < 5 -- 31 1,901
1984 < 5 -- 37 1,619
1983 < 5 -- 41 1,507
1982 < 5 -- 49 1,352
1981 < 5 -- 49 1,358
1980 < 5 -- 61 1,173
1979 < 5 -- 52 1,282
1978 < 5 -- 52 1,249
1977 < 5 -- 44 1,384
1976 < 5 -- 55 1,158
1975 < 5 -- 68 998
1974 5 9,706 62 1,050
1973 < 5 -- 69 977
1972 < 5 -- 67 992
1971 5 9,175 94 841
1970 < 5 -- 108 793
1969 6 7,189 115 729
1968 < 5 -- 94 767
1967 < 5 -- 120 681
1966 < 5 -- 140 627
1965 < 5 -- 136 643
1964 8 5,320 176 597
1963 < 5 -- 206 553
1962 7 5,680 203 554
1961 5 7,231 227 527
1960 7 5,534 217 540
1959 < 5 -- 242 505
1958 < 5 -- 257 489
1957 6 5,868 268 476
1956 7 5,170 308 431
1955 < 5 -- 280 444
1954 5 6,351 286 425
1953 9 4,143 249 454
1952 5 6,153 283 410
1951 5 5,974 273 413
1950 < 5 -- 233 436
1949 6 5,081 276 403
1948 6 5,087 253 422
1947 6 5,126 294 400
1946 5 5,473 238 412
1945 < 5 -- 189 434
1944 6 4,406 219 408
1943 8 3,723 290 359
1942 8 3,643 256 382
1941 < 5 -- 265 359
1940 5 4,843 259 353
1939 6 4,113 244 363
1938 < 5 -- 265 342
1937 < 5 -- 251 341
1936 < 5 -- 223 363
1935 < 5 -- 255 345
1934 < 5 -- 261 339
1933 5 4,677 279 321
1932 6 4,275 341 300
1931 < 5 -- 378 284
1930 7 3,935 412 279
1929 < 5 -- 437 267
1928 8 3,661 504 251
1927 7 4,156 511 252
1926 9 3,463 570 234
1925 9 3,579 585 226
1924 12 2,924 590 228
1923 9 3,565 589 220
1922 7 4,315 628 206
1921 8 3,922 604 219
1920 6 4,800 524 239
1919 5 5,344 464 245
1918 6 4,658 477 246
1917 10 3,014 436 241
1916 9 3,189 434 244
1915 < 5 -- 361 250
1914 6 3,493 339 229
1913 5 3,545 268 229
1912 7 2,553 254 216
1911 5 2,745 139 212
1910 6 2,325 89 260
1909 < 5 -- 67 277
1908 < 5 -- 72 249
1907 < 5 -- 71 250
1906 < 5 -- 47 300
1905 < 5 -- 60 252
1904 5 2,082 46 283
1903 < 5 -- 31 350
1902 < 5 -- 38 315
1901 < 5 -- 41 270
1900 < 5 -- 49 299
1899 < 5 -- 33 309
1898 < 5 -- 32 344
1897 < 5 -- 41 284
1896 < 5 -- 31 348
1895 < 5 -- 39 286
1894 < 5 -- 27 355
1893 < 5 -- 18 443
1892 < 5 -- 24 390
1891 < 5 -- 21 384
1890 < 5 -- 32 308
1889 < 5 -- 24 366
1888 < 5 -- 18 460
1887 < 5 -- 34 287
1886 < 5 -- 19 413
1885 < 5 -- 21 391
1884 < 5 -- 17 463
1883 < 5 -- 20 393
1882 < 5 -- 19 420
1881 < 5 -- 14 477
1880 < 5 -- 17 438

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.