Murray
Murray is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. Its best rank was 206th, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1922628 births
- Best rank
- #206in 1922
- Since 1880
- 21,859people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,859 boys have been named Murray in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 628 births.
The name has all but left use: 48 births in 2024, against 628 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 95 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Murray | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 203 | |
| 1890s | 298 | |
| 1900s | 522 | |
| 1910s | 3,261 | |
| 1920s | 5,542 | |
| 1930s | 2,908 | |
| 1940s | 2,539 | |
| 1950s | 2,681 | |
| 1960s | 1,634 | |
| 1970s | 671 | |
| 1980s | 417 | |
| 1990s | 304 | |
| 2000s | 230 | |
| 2010s | 404 | |
| 2020s | 245 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Murray was the 206th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Murray
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Milfordpeak 1921
- Miltonpeak 1920
- Olenpeak 1922
- Bufordpeak 1921
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Ervinpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.