Murphy

boys’ name · 68%girls’ name · 32%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Murphy is ranked 815th among boys in 2024 (307 births). Its best rank was 510th, in 1892.

Rank in 2024: #815up 85 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3070.02% of boys
Peak year: 2024307 births
Best rank: #510in 1892
Since 1881: 12,044people given the name

Babies named Murphy, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

8,144 boys have been named Murphy in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 307 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 2010s alone account for 16%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Murphy is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (3,900), most of them born around 2024.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Murphy
1880s	30
1890s	86
1900s	152
1910s	487
1920s	728
1930s	604
1940s	570
1950s	597
1960s	393
1970s	354
1980s	334
1990s	532
2000s	676
2010s	1,331
2020s	1,270

In 2024, its biggest year

Murphy was the 815th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Murphy

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.