girls:
11 births since 1927
#5705 (0th percentile)
boys:
20 births since 1915
#4566 (0th percentile)
overall:
31 births since 1915
#7708 (0th percentile)
The name Murlyn is the #7,708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,566 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,705 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1927.
Murlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1927 for girls). Birth data for Murlyn is available in 5 out of the 28 years between 1915 and 1942 (4 years for boys and 2 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 Murlyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.5% of all recorded births). In 1942, 100.0% of babies named Murlyn were boys.
For boys, Murlyn reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #503) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1942.
For girls, Murlyn reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #602) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1932.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Murlyn".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Murlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Murlyn is pronounced as MER-lihn, which has 2 syllables.
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