Unisex name · since 2015
Murphey
27 babies named Murphey in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,369 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Murphey since 2015, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murphey has been recorded 27 times among girls since 2015, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2024.
- #42,369 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murphey ranks #42,369 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #42,369 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Murphey's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murphey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Murphey's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Murphey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Murphey popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1919 (Murphey as boys' name)
Murphey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Murphey's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Murphey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (78% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Murphey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2015–2024 (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 Murphey 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.