Murphy Boy & girl
How popular is Murphy?
#397 girl name in 2025
783 baby girls were named Murphy in the US in 2025, making it the 397th most popular girl name. Another 341 boys got the name (#754 for boys).
Murphy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #397 for girls (▲ 77 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 783 girls, 341 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+790% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,152 in 2015, #976 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (783 girls) |
| Highest rank | #397 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 38% boys, 62% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Murphy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Murphy family of names ranked #364 for girls in 2025 (#417 the year before), with 878 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Murphy | 783 | 89% |
| Murphie | 80 | 9% |
| Murphee | 15 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Murphy is most popular
Babies named Murphy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.9 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Nebraska: 1.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Idaho: 1.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Murphy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1910s | 33 | #2,637 |
| 1920s | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1930s | 28 | #3,495 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1980s | 35 | #3,471 |
| 1990s | 337 | #2,290 |
| 2000s | 271 | #3,942 |
| 2010s | 837 | #1,295 |
| 2020s | 3,123 | #397 |
Girl names about as popular as Murphy
Questions
- Is Murphy a boy or girl name?
- Murphy is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 38% of babies named Murphy were boys and 62% were girls.
- How popular is the name Murphy?
- 783 baby girls were named Murphy in the US in 2025, making it the 397th most popular girl name. Another 341 boys got the name (#754 for boys).
- When was Murphy most popular?
- Murphy peaked in 2025, when 783 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #397 in 2025.
- How many people are named Murphy?
- 13,174 babies have been named Murphy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,459 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Murphy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Murphy was most common in Montana, at 2.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.