Murphy

Girl · recorded 1898–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.3 to 1)

  • #397in 2025
  • 1 in 2,052girls in 2025
  • +888%last ten years
  • 9.5×in Montana

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 888% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1898

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Murphy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189819
190319
191411
19156
19176
19185
19196
19227
19305
19317
19325
19355
19395
19434
19873
198916
199017
199123
199231
199315
199416
199519
199617
199714
199818
199916
200012
200111
200214
200319
200415
200517
200618
200710
200818
200913
201017
201115
201214
201318
201424
201549
201670
201786
201886
2019105
2020161
2021243
2022270
2023366
2024401
2025487

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Montana 9.5×
  2. Nebraska 3.9×
  3. Idaho 3.0×
  4. Kansas 2.9×
  5. Iowa 2.7×

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More like Murphy

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
783
Rank in 2025
#397
How rare
1 in 2,052 girls
Since 1898
4,688

Most popular in 2025, at 487 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 888% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Montana9.5×33
Nebraska3.9×35
Idaho3.0×26
Kansas2.9×42
Iowa2.7×40

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