girls:
225 births since 1900
#5491 (4th percentile)
boys:
485 births since 1892
#4101 (11th percentile)
overall:
710 births since 1892
#7029 (9th percentile)
The name Murel is the #7,029 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 710 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 9.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,101 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 485 births since 1892. For girls, it ranks #5,491 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 225 births since 1900.
Murel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for boys and 1900 for girls). Birth data for Murel is available in 45 out of the 71 years between 1892 and 1962 (44 years for boys and 25 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Murel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.3% of all recorded births). In 1962, 100.0% of babies named Murel were boys.
For boys, Murel reached its peak popularity in 1931, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #504) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1892, with 38 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1962.
For girls, Murel reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #583) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1943.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Murel".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Murel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.1% confident that Murel is pronounced as MYOO-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MYOO-rehl, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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