girls:
513 births since 1892
#5203 (9th percentile)
boys:
120 births since 1920
#4466 (3rd percentile)
overall:
633 births since 1892
#7106 (8th percentile)
The name Murriel is the #7,106 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 633 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,203 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 513 births since 1892. For boys, it ranks #4,466 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 120 births since 1920.
Murriel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (1892 for girls and 1920 for boys). Birth data for Murriel is available in 47 out of the 65 years between 1892 and 1956 (46 years for girls and 19 years for boys). 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 Murriel has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.0% of all recorded births being female. In 1956, 100.0% of babies named Murriel were girls.
For girls, Murriel reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #591) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 23 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1956.
For boys, Murriel reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #517) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1955.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Murriel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Murriel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.0% confident that Murriel is pronounced as MER-ee-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MER-ee-ehl, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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