Girls' name · since 1901
Murial
207 babies named Murial in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1901
- 1920s
- peak decade
Murial sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 207 recorded since 1901.
Murial has 207 recorded births among girls since 1901, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1901 to 1966.
- #19,486 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1901
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murial ranks #19,486 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1901, peaking in the 1920s.
- #19,486 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1901
- 1920s
- peak decade
Murial's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murial's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Murial's full recorded timeline at 1926, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1901, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Murial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1901–1966
- Peak year (1920)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Murial by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (81 births, 39% of the file).
1920s was Murial's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Murial births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
52 births
- 1920s
1920s
81 births
- 1930s
1930s
39 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 81 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Murial's decade-level peak was the 1920s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Murial: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1901–1966 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Murial draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.