Girls' name · since 1917
Murna
Murna has 72 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1940 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1917
- 1940s
- peak decade
72 girls have been named Murna since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Murna has 72 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1962.
- #30,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1917
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murna ranks #30,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1917, peaking in the 1940s.
- #30,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1917
- 1940s
- peak decade
Murna's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Murna's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1940 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Murna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1962
- Peak year (1940)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Murna by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (18 births, 25% of the file).
1940s was Murna's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Murna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 18 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Murna's decade-level peak was the 1940s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Murna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1917–1962 (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 Murna 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.