Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Murray

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

Endangered Down 92.4% from peak

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

628

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

92.4%

2024

All-time

21,859

Murray 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 628 boys were named Murray.

In 2024, only 48 boys were given the name.

Down 92.4% from its peak.

All told, about 21,859 Americans have been named Murray and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.4% from peak

1922628 boys named Murray

202448 boys named Murray

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