girls:
626 births since 1885
#5090 (11th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1886
#2849 (38th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1885
#5281 (32nd percentile)
The name Murl is the #5,281 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,567 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 31.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,849 (37.8% percentile) for all time with 1,941 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,090 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 626 births since 1885.
Murl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (1885 for girls and 1886 for boys). Birth data for Murl is available in 88 out of the 99 years between 1885 and 1983 (84 years for boys and 51 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 Murl has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.6% of all recorded births being male. In 1983, 100.0% of babies named Murl were boys. Interestingly, until around 1886, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1885 to 1885), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.8% boys from 1886 to 1983).
For boys, Murl reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #475) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 69 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1983.
For girls, Murl reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #566) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1894, with 51 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1958.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Murl".
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