Murel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Murel

The Social Security Administration has registered 485 babies named Murel between 1892 and 1962, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Murel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 225 additional births since 1900.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Murel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Murel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murel 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 485 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.