Boys' name · since 1931
Murrill
Murrill has 10 recorded births since 1931 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,347 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
10 boys have been named Murrill since 1931, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Murrill has 10 recorded births among boys since 1931, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 1938.
- #35,347 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 10 born since 1931
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Murrill ranks #35,347 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1931, peaking in the 1930s.
- #35,347 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 10
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
Murrill's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Murrill's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Murrill's full recorded timeline at 1938, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1931, with just 5 recorded births.
Murrill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1938
- Peak year (1931)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Murrill by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1930s was Murrill's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Murrill births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Murrill: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1931–1938 (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 Murrill 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.