How Many People Are Named Murry?

952

people named Murry are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 359,017 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,179 babies named Murry in Social Security records from 1882 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#10,937

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,992

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Peak Year

1917

99 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
2.2%
Male
97.8%

Of the babies given the name Murry, 2.2% were girls and 97.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 4.6% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1970s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Murry alive today is about 65 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 76 in 2025.

Under 30 28
2.9%
30 to 59 272
28.6%
60 and over 652
68.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Murry first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1917, to 99 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2021

🏆 Rank History

Murry has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #540, in 1899.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#540 (1899)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#808 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Murry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Murry were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 50 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Murry was given 10.2 times as often in Mississippi, 6 times in Alabama and 4.8 times in Louisiana.

Mississippi 50
Texas 42
Alabama 25
Louisiana 10
Tennessee 10
New York 5
South Carolina 5
Arkansas 3

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