Murrell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Murrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,098 babies named Murrell between 1898 and 1992, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Murrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 190 additional births since 1902.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murrell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Murrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Murrell in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murrell 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 1,098 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.