Murl — boys' name

What the Data Says About Murl

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,941 babies named Murl between 1886 and 1983, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 65 babies received it in a single year. Murl is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 626 additional births since 1885.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 511 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Murl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Murl in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murl 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 1,941 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.