Murat — #10051 US boys' name
361 babies named Murat in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Murat was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Murat in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Murat
The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Murat between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murat currently holds the #10051 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Murat performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Murat shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Murat in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Murat in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 361 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Murat at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Murat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2014)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #10051 among boys.
361 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 17 births in a single year.
Murat by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 109 births that decade — 30% of Murat's all-time total
Murat decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Murat's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Murat by state
Where Murat concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 361 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.