Girls' name · since 1880
Muriel
54,884 babies named Muriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #552 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,355 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 54,884
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Muriel is the #4355 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 54,884 recorded since 1880.
Muriel has 54,884 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4355 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #552 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,355 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 54,884 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Muriel ranks #552 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,355 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 54,884 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #552 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,355 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 54,884
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Muriel's 54,884 recorded births place it above 99.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Muriel compares
54,884 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Muriel's all-time total is 146x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Muriel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 54,884 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,392 | 21 | 19,840 |
Muriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Muriel's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 9% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 91%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 2,392, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Muriel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 2,392
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Muriel popularity over time - boys
762 total births recorded since 1906 (Muriel as boys' name)
Muriel by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (20,481 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Muriel's strongest decade.
20,481 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Muriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 248
1880s
248 births
- 1890s 1,062
1890s
1,062 births
- 1900s 2,257
1900s
2,257 births
- 1910s
1910s
11,701 births
- 1920s
1920s
20,481 births
- 1930s
1930s
8,656 births
- 1940s 4,666
1940s
4,666 births
- 1950s 2,571
1950s
2,571 births
- 1960s 1,265
1960s
1,265 births
- 1970s 498
1970s
498 births
- 1980s 433
1980s
433 births
- 1990s 360
1990s
360 births
- 2000s 298
2000s
298 births
- 2010s 218
2010s
218 births
- 2020s 170
2020s
170 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20,481 births (37% of all-time use).
How Muriel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Muriel's total volume
Muriel by state
Where Muriel concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12,004 | 21.9% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 3,701 | 6.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 2,835 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,772 | 5.1% |
| #5 | California | | 2,200 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 2,170 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,953 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,877 | 3.4% |
12,004 of 54,884 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Muriel appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Muriel's data
- Muriel's decade-level peak was the 1920s (20,481 total births); usage has since declined to 170 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Muriels (12,004 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Muriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Muriel 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.