How Many People Are Named Murrell?
people named Murrell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,109,691 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,288 babies named Murrell in Social Security records from 1898 to 1992, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Murrell, 7.2% were girls and 92.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Murrell fell from 23.6% in the 1910s to 0% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Murrell alive today is about 71 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Murrell first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1919, to 48 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1992.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 1992
🏆 Rank History
Murrell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,132, in 1909. Among girls, its best rank was #1,962, in 1902.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,132 (1909) | #1,962 (1902) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,484 in the 1920s | #3,753 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Murrell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Murrell were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Murrell was given about 17.4 times as often in Kentucky.
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