Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Muriel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Muriel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.9% from peak

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

2,392

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

97.9%

2024

All-time

54,852

Muriel once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 2,392 girls were named Muriel.

In 2024, only 50 girls were given the name.

Down 97.9% from its peak.

All told, about 54,852 Americans have been named Muriel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.9% from peak

19222,392 girls named Muriel

202450 girls named Muriel

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