Muriel

Boy · recorded 1906–1966

  • 1966last recorded
  • 1907best year

Most popular in 1907.

Last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Muriel.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1906

0244819061921193619511966

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 50 recorded years as a table
Muriel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190638
190748
190930
191223
191320
191412
19159
191612
191717
191815
191932
192017
192128
192214
192326
192421
192530
192633
192726
192824
192924
193029
193121
193222
193314
193415
193516
193610
193716
193810
193914
194019
19417
194214
19438
19446
19454
19466
19477
19486
19498
19504
19517
19535
19543
19553
19564
19592
19613
19663

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Muriel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1966
5
Rank in 1966
#3,948
How rare
1 in 356,692 boys
Since 1906
762

Muriel was last recorded in 1966. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1907, at 48 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Muriel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.