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How popular is “Murray” in the USA?

Number of people named “Murray” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Murray” 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 “Murray” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Murray” by birth year

This chart shows how “Murray” 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
1880 17 0.000084374 17 -100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 -100%
1882 19 0.000085766 19 -100%
1883 20 0.000092189 20 -100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 -100%
1885 21 0.00008719 21 -100%
1886 19 0.000074418 19 -100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 -100%
1890 32 0.000106171 32 -100%
1891 21 0.000073254 21 -100%
1892 24 0.000071776 24 -100%
1893 18 0.000055347 18 -100%
1894 27 0.000079719 27 -100%
1895 39 0.000111105 39 -100%
1896 31 0.000086717 31 -100%
1897 41 0.00011817 41 -100%
1898 32 0.000083889 32 -100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 -100%
1900 49 0.000108826 49 -100%
1901 41 0.000118562 41 -100%
1902 38 0.000098259 38 -100%
1903 31 0.000081322 31 -100%
1904 51 0.000126399 5 46 -80%
1905 60 0.000141535 60 -100%
1906 47 0.000109697 47 -100%
1907 71 0.00015256 71 -100%
1908 72 0.000147345 72 -100%
1909 67 0.000131058 67 -100%
1910 95 0.000160823 6 89 -87%
1911 144 0.000223506 5 139 -93%
1912 261 0.000264153 7 254 -95%
1913 273 0.000240082 5 268 -96%
1914 345 0.000243585 6 339 -97%
1915 361 0.000197007 361 -100%
1916 443 0.00022901 9 434 -96%
1917 446 0.00022225 10 436 -96%
1918 483 0.000222467 6 477 -98%
1919 469 0.000222249 5 464 -98%
1920 530 0.000234239 6 524 -98%
1921 612 0.000262154 8 604 -97%
1922 635 0.000277395 7 628 -98%
1923 598 0.00025972 9 589 -97%
1924 602 0.00025277 12 590 -96%
1925 596 0.000255432 9 587 -97%
1926 577 0.000251317 9 568 -97%
1927 518 0.000223338 7 511 -97%
1928 512 0.000226455 8 504 -97%
1929 437 0.000199347 437 -100%
1930 419 0.00018846 7 412 -97%
1931 377 0.000179149 377 -100%
1932 347 0.000164354 6 341 -97%
1933 284 0.000142039 5 279 -96%
1934 261 0.000125673 261 -100%
1935 255 0.000122015 255 -100%
1936 223 0.000107337 223 -100%
1937 251 0.000117803 251 -100%
1938 265 0.00011977 265 -100%
1939 250 0.000113459 6 244 -95%
1940 264 0.000114649 5 259 -96%
1941 265 0.000108766 265 -100%
1942 264 0.000096639 8 256 -94%
1943 298 0.000105578 8 290 -95%
1944 225 0.000083641 6 219 -95%
1945 189 0.000071243 189 -100%
1946 243 0.000076049 5 238 -96%
1947 300 0.00008328 6 294 -96%
1948 259 0.000075018 6 253 -95%
1949 282 0.000080923 6 276 -96%
1950 233 0.000066508 233 -100%
1951 278 0.000075467 5 273 -96%
1952 287 0.000075566 5 282 -97%
1953 258 0.00006695 9 249 -93%
1954 291 0.000073103 5 286 -97%
1955 281 0.000069986 281 -100%
1956 316 0.000076643 7 309 -96%
1957 275 0.000065443 6 269 -96%
1958 257 0.000062169 257 -100%
1959 242 0.000058201 242 -100%
1960 224 0.000053926 7 217 -94%
1961 232 0.000056008 5 227 -96%
1962 210 0.00005204 7 203 -93%
1963 206 0.000052044 206 -100%
1964 184 0.00004733 8 176 -91%
1965 136 0.000037513 136 -100%
1966 140 0.00004028 140 -100%
1967 120 0.000035347 120 -100%
1968 94 0.000027824 94 -100%
1969 121 0.000034817 6 115 -90%
1970 108 0.000029946 108 -100%
1971 100 0.000029135 5 95 -90%
1972 66 0.000020999 66 -100%
1973 69 0.000022871 69 -100%
1974 67 0.000022039 5 62 -85%
1975 68 0.000022521 68 -100%
1976 55 0.000018126 55 -100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 -100%
1978 52 0.000016384 52 -100%
1979 52 0.00001563 52 -100%
1980 61 0.000017709 61 -100%
1981 49 0.000014164 49 -100%
1982 49 0.000013968 49 -100%
1983 41 0.000011838 41 -100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 -100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 -100%
1986 44 0.00001237 6 38 -73%
1987 33 0.000009152 33 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 45 0.000011705 45 -100%
1990 42 0.000010626 5 37 -76%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 -100%
1992 37 0.000009632 37 -100%
1993 34 0.000009018 34 -100%
1994 31 0.000008339 31 -100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 -100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 -100%
1997 17 0.000004689 17 -100%
1998 28 0.000007612 28 -100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 -100%
2000 25 0.000006614 25 -100%
2001 32 0.000008548 32 -100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 -100%
2003 21 0.000005523 21 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 33 0.000008583 33 -100%
2006 19 0.000004803 19 -100%
2007 18 0.000004503 18 -100%
2008 26 0.000006615 26 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 30 0.000008117 30 -100%
2011 31 0.000008475 31 -100%
2012 47 0.000012851 5 42 -79%
2013 26 0.000007132 26 -100%
2014 40 0.000010792 40 -100%
2015 44 0.000011889 44 -100%
2016 49 0.000013356 6 43 -76%
2017 57 0.000015939 5 52 -82%
2018 50 0.000014221 6 44 -76%
2019 59 0.000016998 7 52 -76%
2020 54 0.000016165 7 47 -74%
2021 51 0.000015053 10 41 -61%
2022 55 0.000016257 8 47 -71%
2023 75 0.00002265 13 62 -65%
2024 60 0.000018026 12 48 -60%

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