Murrel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Murrel

The Social Security Administration has registered 736 babies named Murrel between 1898 and 1977, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murrel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Murrel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 189 additional births since 1901.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murrel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Murrel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Murrel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murrel 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 736 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.