Murrel

Boy · recorded 1898–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1898best year

Most popular in 1898.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1898

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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 53 recorded years as a table
Murrel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189841
190734
191223
191339
191424
191516
191625
191723
191826
191917
192023
192122
192228
192323
192423
192515
192627
192715
192826
192920
193020
193111
193216
193319
193412
193518
193612
19378
193816
193914
19408
19417
19429
19434
19449
19454
19466
19475
19488
19493
19506
19513
19523
19542
19556
19563
19573
19583
19593
19613
19632
19663
19773

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Murrel 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
5
Rank in 1977
#5,845
How rare
1 in 328,644 boys
Since 1898
736

Murrel was last recorded in 1977. 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 1898, at 41 per million boys born.

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

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