How Many People Are Named Murl?
people named Murl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 728,752 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,567 babies named Murl in Social Security records from 1885 to 1983, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Murl, 12.4% were girls and 87.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Murl fell from 46% in the 1900s to 5.6% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Murl alive today is about 74 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 83 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Murl first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1924, to 84 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1983.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 1983
🏆 Rank History
Murl has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #787, in 1898. Among girls, its best rank was #935, in 1894.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #787 (1898) | #935 (1894) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #978 in the 1920s | #1,957 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Murl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Murl were born in Oklahoma than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Murl was given 13.9 times as often in Oklahoma, 7.7 times in Missouri and 3.4 times in Texas.
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