Murial — girls' name
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.
39% of everyone ever named Murial was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Murial in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Murial
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Murial between 1901 and 1966, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Murial currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Murial performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Murial shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Murial 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 207 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.
Murial at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Murial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1901
- Peak year (1920)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
207 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 12 births in a single year.
Murial by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 81 births that decade — 39% of Murial's all-time total
Murial decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Murial's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1901–1966 (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.