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Murriel

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 663

Murriel is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 82% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1956 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1925, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1892.

Murriel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1950s. The striped bar is the 1950s, still in progress — it covers 1950 to 1956, not a full ten years.

218
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50
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Births named Murriel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 11
1900s 14
1910s 100
1920s 218
1930s 165
1940s 82
1950s (to 1956) 43

How popular is Murriel?

In 1956, Murriel was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Murriel is used

France #1,829 5 in 1963
United States #6,479 5 in 1956

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Murriel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Murriel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Murriel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Murriel

How popular is the name Murriel?

In 1956, Murriel was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Murriel a girl's or a boy's name?

Murriel is used for both girls and boys. About 82% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Murriel most popular?

Murriel peaked in 1925, when 33 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.