Meaning not yet researched.
Murray: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 50 in 2025. Its best rank was #206 in 1922.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #206 in 1922; #2,633 in 2025. About 86% of babies named Murray in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,633 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1922, at #206.
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Murray: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 50 boys in 2025. Peak: #206 in 1922 · most boys in one year: 628 (1922).
In 2025, 50 US boys were named Murray, making it the 2,633rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 102 places from #2,735 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 48 boys named Murray in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #206, reached in 1922. That year also had the most boys given the name: 628. For comparison, it was #2,753 in 2015 and #438 in 1950.
In 2025, 8 US girls were named Murray, making it the 11,607th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2,818 places from #8,789 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 12 girls named Murray in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,082, reached in 1904. The most girls given the name in a single year was 13, in 2023. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Murray in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 17 babies with the name. In all, 22,299 US babies have been given the name, 1.8% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,617 babies named Murray.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 486 US boys were named Murray; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 62. In 2025 that was about 1 in 34,162 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Mura and Muhra are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mura (5), Muhra (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Murray in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,607 | 50 | #2,633 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,789 | 48 | #2,735 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,354 | 62 | #2,286 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,907 | 47 | #2,781 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,089 | 41 | #3,007 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,060 | 47 | #2,683 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,371 | 52 | #2,543 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,081 | 44 | #2,781 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,635 | 52 | #2,475 |
| 2016 | 6 | #15,642 | 43 | #2,819 |
| 2015 | — | — | 44 | #2,753 |
| 2014 | — | — | 40 | #2,917 |
| 2013 | — | — | 26 | #3,932 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,709 | 42 | #2,854 |
| 2011 | — | — | 31 | #3,491 |
| 2010 | — | — | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,385 |
| 2008 | — | — | 26 | #4,001 |
| 2007 | — | — | 18 | #5,147 |
| 2006 | — | — | 19 | #4,804 |
| 2005 | — | — | 33 | #3,147 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,411 |
| 2003 | — | — | 21 | #4,066 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | #4,439 |
| 2001 | — | — | 32 | #2,907 |
| 2000 | — | — | 25 | #3,387 |
| 1999 | — | — | 29 | #2,914 |
| 1998 | — | — | 28 | #2,902 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #3,999 |
| 1996 | — | — | 32 | #2,469 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,898 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,480 |
| 1993 | — | — | 34 | #2,277 |
| 1992 | — | — | 37 | #2,116 |
| 1991 | — | — | 34 | #2,180 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,468 | 37 | #2,037 |
| 1989 | — | — | 45 | #1,725 |
| 1988 | — | — | 33 | #1,977 |
| 1987 | — | — | 33 | #1,927 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,433 | 38 | #1,682 |
| 1985 | — | — | 31 | #1,903 |
| 1984 | — | — | 37 | #1,622 |
| 1983 | — | — | 41 | #1,507 |
| 1982 | — | — | 49 | #1,353 |
| 1981 | — | — | 49 | #1,356 |
| 1980 | — | — | 61 | #1,172 |
| 1979 | — | — | 52 | #1,284 |
| 1978 | — | — | 52 | #1,249 |
| 1977 | — | — | 44 | #1,386 |
| 1976 | — | — | 55 | #1,159 |
| 1975 | — | — | 68 | #998 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,712 | 61 | #1,058 |
| 1973 | — | — | 69 | #976 |
| 1972 | — | — | 66 | #997 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,178 | 95 | #833 |
| 1970 | — | — | 109 | #790 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,191 | 115 | #729 |
| 1968 | — | — | 93 | #772 |
| 1967 | — | — | 120 | #682 |
| 1966 | — | — | 140 | #629 |
| 1965 | — | — | 136 | #643 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,320 | 176 | #598 |
| 1963 | — | — | 206 | #553 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,682 | 203 | #555 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,232 | 227 | #527 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,535 | 217 | #540 |
| 1959 | — | — | 242 | #505 |
| 1958 | — | — | 257 | #489 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,871 | 269 | #476 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,173 | 309 | #430 |
| 1955 | — | — | 281 | #442 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,355 | 286 | #425 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,143 | 249 | #454 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,153 | 282 | #411 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,976 | 273 | #413 |
| 1950 | — | — | 233 | #438 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,081 | 276 | #403 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,086 | 253 | #422 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,126 | 294 | #400 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,473 | 238 | #412 |
| 1945 | — | — | 189 | #433 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,404 | 219 | #408 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,724 | 290 | #359 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,644 | 256 | #382 |
| 1941 | — | — | 265 | #359 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,845 | 259 | #353 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,116 | 244 | #363 |
| 1938 | — | — | 265 | #342 |
| 1937 | — | — | 251 | #341 |
| 1936 | — | — | 223 | #363 |
| 1935 | — | — | 255 | #345 |
| 1934 | — | — | 261 | #339 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,676 | 279 | #321 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,273 | 341 | #300 |
| 1931 | — | — | 377 | #284 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,935 | 412 | #279 |
| 1929 | — | — | 437 | #266 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,662 | 504 | #251 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,156 | 511 | #252 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,464 | 568 | #234 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,579 | 587 | #226 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,925 | 590 | #228 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,564 | 589 | #220 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,316 | 628 | #206 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,921 | 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 | #3,188 | 434 | #244 |
| 1915 | — | — | 361 | #250 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,492 | 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 | — | — | 67 | #277 |
| 1908 | — | — | 72 | #249 |
| 1907 | — | — | 71 | #250 |
| 1906 | — | — | 47 | #300 |
| 1905 | — | — | 60 | #252 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,082 | 46 | #283 |
| 1903 | — | — | 31 | #350 |
| 1902 | — | — | 38 | #315 |
| 1901 | — | — | 41 | #270 |
| 1900 | — | — | 49 | #299 |
| 1899 | — | — | 33 | #309 |
| 1898 | — | — | 32 | #344 |
| 1897 | — | — | 41 | #284 |
| 1896 | — | — | 31 | #348 |
| 1895 | — | — | 39 | #286 |
| 1894 | — | — | 27 | #355 |
| 1893 | — | — | 18 | #443 |
| 1892 | — | — | 24 | #390 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #384 |
| 1890 | — | — | 32 | #308 |
| 1889 | — | — | 24 | #366 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #460 |
| 1887 | — | — | 34 | #287 |
| 1886 | — | — | 19 | #413 |
| 1885 | — | — | 21 | #391 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #463 |
| 1883 | — | — | 20 | #393 |
| 1882 | — | — | 19 | #420 |
| 1881 | — | — | 14 | #477 |
| 1880 | — | — | 17 | #438 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).