Girls' name · since 2011
Murphee
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Murphee, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,424 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
92 babies have been named Murphee since 2011, making it today's #7424 girls' name.
Murphee has 92 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7424 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #28,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,424 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 92 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murphee ranks #28,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,424 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 92 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,424 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Murphee's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Murphee compares
92 23rd percentile among 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
Murphee's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Murphee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 92 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Murphee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Murphee splits its recorded history at 2021: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Murphee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Murphee by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Murphee's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Murphee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (70% of all-time use).
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Murphee 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.