Murriel — unisex name

What the Data Says About Murriel

The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Murriel between 1892 and 1956, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Murriel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Murriel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 120 additional births since 1920.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murriel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Murriel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murriel 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 513 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.