Murtaza — #5311 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Murtaza

The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Murtaza between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murtaza currently holds the #5311 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murtaza performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Murtaza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Murtaza in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murtaza 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 379 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.