Girls' name · since 1919
Murielle
327 babies named Murielle in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 327
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Murielle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 327 recorded since 1919.
Murielle has 327 recorded births among girls since 1919, 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 1919 to 2022.
- #15,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 327 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murielle ranks #15,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 327 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 327
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Murielle's 327 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Maine.
Murielle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Murielle splits its recorded history at 1947: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Murielle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2022
- Peak year (1927)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2022.
327 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 15 births in a single year.
Murielle by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (96 births, 29% of the file).
1920s was Murielle's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Murielle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
96 births
- 1930s
1930s
63 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 96 births (29% of all-time use).
Murielle decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Murielle by state
Where Murielle concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
Top 5 states
- Maine 10.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Murielle's decade-level peak was the 1920s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Maine records the most Murielles (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maine names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Murielle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1919–2022 (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 Murielle 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.
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