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How popular is “Murphy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Murphy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Murphy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Murphy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Murphy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Murphy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Murphy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Murphy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 14 0.000040351 14 -100%
1898 11 0.000028837 5 6 -9%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 -100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1903 22 0.000057712 5 17 -55%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 -100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 -100%
1906 17 0.000039678 17 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 41 0.000041495 41 -100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 -100%
1914 59 0.000041657 8 51 -73%
1915 67 0.000036564 6 61 -82%
1916 69 0.00003567 69 -100%
1917 79 0.000039367 6 73 -85%
1918 65 0.000029939 6 59 -82%
1919 80 0.00003791 7 73 -82%
1920 73 0.000032263 73 -100%
1921 65 0.000027843 65 -100%
1922 87 0.000038005 9 78 -79%
1923 83 0.000036048 83 -100%
1924 65 0.000027292 65 -100%
1925 68 0.000029143 68 -100%
1926 89 0.000038765 89 -100%
1927 89 0.000038373 89 -100%
1928 52 0.000022999 52 -100%
1929 66 0.000030107 66 -100%
1930 67 0.000030136 6 61 -82%
1931 66 0.000031363 7 59 -79%
1932 86 0.000040733 5 81 -88%
1933 53 0.000026507 53 -100%
1934 60 0.00002889 60 -100%
1935 65 0.000031102 5 60 -85%
1936 44 0.000021179 44 -100%
1937 53 0.000024875 53 -100%
1938 69 0.000031185 69 -100%
1939 69 0.000031315 5 64 -86%
1940 53 0.000023017 53 -100%
1941 60 0.000024626 60 -100%
1942 58 0.000021231 58 -100%
1943 68 0.000024092 5 63 -85%
1944 68 0.000025278 68 -100%
1945 42 0.000015832 42 -100%
1946 46 0.000014396 46 -100%
1947 57 0.000015823 57 -100%
1948 57 0.00001651 57 -100%
1949 66 0.00001894 66 -100%
1950 62 0.000017697 62 -100%
1951 61 0.000016559 61 -100%
1952 81 0.000021327 81 -100%
1953 64 0.000016608 64 -100%
1954 62 0.000015575 62 -100%
1955 59 0.000014695 59 -100%
1956 66 0.000016008 66 -100%
1957 40 0.000009519 40 -100%
1958 56 0.000013547 56 -100%
1959 46 0.000011063 46 -100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 -100%
1961 37 0.000008932 37 -100%
1962 49 0.000012143 49 -100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 -100%
1964 55 0.000014148 55 -100%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 -100%
1966 36 0.000010358 36 -100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 -100%
1968 38 0.000011248 38 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 -100%
1971 39 0.000011362 39 -100%
1972 38 0.00001209 38 -100%
1973 26 0.000008618 26 -100%
1974 40 0.000013158 40 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 -100%
1976 37 0.000012194 37 -100%
1977 29 0.00000913 29 -100%
1978 33 0.000010397 33 -100%
1979 46 0.000013826 46 -100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 -100%
1981 35 0.000010117 35 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 25 0.000007218 25 -100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 -100%
1985 25 0.000007005 25 -100%
1986 45 0.000012651 45 -100%
1987 32 0.000008875 6 26 -63%
1988 36 0.000009743 36 -100%
1989 89 0.00002315 29 60 -35%
1990 103 0.00002606 33 70 -36%
1991 117 0.000030036 44 73 -25%
1992 100 0.000026033 57 43 14%
1993 78 0.000020688 27 51 -31%
1994 84 0.000022595 29 55 -31%
1995 90 0.000024576 33 57 -27%
1996 79 0.00002166 29 50 -27%
1997 72 0.000019858 25 47 -31%
1998 78 0.000021206 31 47 -21%
1999 68 0.000018409 29 39 -15%
2000 74 0.000019577 21 53 -43%
2001 65 0.000017364 19 46 -42%
2002 82 0.000021935 25 57 -39%
2003 91 0.000023933 34 57 -25%
2004 106 0.000027742 27 79 -49%
2005 99 0.000025749 32 67 -35%
2006 95 0.000024013 35 60 -26%
2007 102 0.000025515 20 82 -61%
2008 119 0.000030275 34 85 -43%
2009 114 0.000029842 24 90 -58%
2010 133 0.000035987 30 103 -55%
2011 128 0.000034994 26 102 -59%
2012 98 0.000026795 25 73 -49%
2013 134 0.000036756 31 103 -54%
2014 165 0.000044518 42 123 -49%
2015 237 0.000064038 88 149 -26%
2016 287 0.000078229 124 163 -14%
2017 313 0.000087523 148 165 -5%
2018 311 0.000088455 146 165 -6%
2019 362 0.000104295 177 185 -2%
2020 486 0.000145484 261 225 7%
2021 611 0.000180345 398 213 30%
2022 710 0.000209865 443 267 25%
2023 844 0.000254893 586 258 39%
2024 954 0.000286616 647 307 36%

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