Girls' name · since 1920
Murlean
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 73 babies named Murlean, peaking in 1936. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1920
- 1930s
- peak decade
Murlean is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 73 have been recorded since 1920.
Murlean has 73 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1952.
- #30,679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1920
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murlean ranks #30,679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1920, peaking in the 1930s.
- #30,679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1920
- 1930s
- peak decade
Murlean's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murlean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Murlean's full recorded timeline at 1938, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1936 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Murlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1952
- Peak year (1936)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Murlean by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (26 births, 36% of the file).
1930s was Murlean's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Murlean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 26 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Murlean's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1950s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Murlean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1920–1952 (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 Murlean 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.