Muriel Name Popularity

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How popular is Muriel?

In 2018 the rare name Muriel, ranked the 6,395th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Muriel is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #112 in 1922 with 2,392 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Muriel in any given year was 7 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Muriel occurred roughly during the years 1880-1896, 1897-1900, 1905-1922, and 1983-1986, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1930-1934, 1942-1945, 1955-1958, and 1962-1972.

Muriel's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Muriel has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Muriel?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Muriel is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Muriel has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Muriel (Girl)		Muriel (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		19	6,395	< 5	--
2017		25	5,277	< 5	--
2016		21	6,115	< 5	--
2015		28	4,929	< 5	--
2014		30	4,730	< 5	--
2013		15	8,034	< 5	--
2012		16	7,684	< 5	--
2011		21	6,270	< 5	--
2010		22	6,116	< 5	--
2009		20	6,731	< 5	--
2008		31	4,840	< 5	--
2007		30	4,897	< 5	--
2006		33	4,429	< 5	--
2005		27	4,913	< 5	--
2004		27	4,901	< 5	--
2003		30	4,385	< 5	--
2002		38	3,568	< 5	--
2001		30	4,167	< 5	--
2000		32	3,951	< 5	--
1999		23	4,826	< 5	--
1998		41	3,096	< 5	--
1997		34	3,421	< 5	--
1996		45	2,744	< 5	--
1995		37	3,138	< 5	--
1994		25	4,206	< 5	--
1993		42	2,865	< 5	--
1992		34	3,325	< 5	--
1991		42	2,825	< 5	--
1990		37	3,057	< 5	--
1989		47	2,468	< 5	--
1988		37	2,844	< 5	--
1987		48	2,258	< 5	--
1986		59	1,905	< 5	--
1985		38	2,578	< 5	--
1984		36	2,607	< 5	--
1983		40	2,388	< 5	--
1982		43	2,312	< 5	--
1981		34	2,698	< 5	--
1980		51	2,056	< 5	--
1979		30	2,901	< 5	--
1978		49	1,980	< 5	--
1977		40	2,288	< 5	--
1976		27	2,836	< 5	--
1975		55	1,723	< 5	--
1974		41	2,050	< 5	--
1973		53	1,699	< 5	--
1972		46	1,848	< 5	--
1971		81	1,330	< 5	--
1970		76	1,380	< 5	--
1969		67	1,432	< 5	--
1968		81	1,219	< 5	--
1967		84	1,163	< 5	--
1966		105	1,007	5	4,333
1965		108	1,006	< 5	--
1964		141	875	< 5	--
1963		175	786	< 5	--
1962		163	821	< 5	--
1961		172	797	7	3,569
1960		168	792	< 5	--
1959		163	801	5	4,383
1958		169	770	< 5	--
1957		217	667	< 5	--
1956		219	644	8	3,124
1955		245	587	6	3,769
1954		267	545	6	3,705
1953		310	496	10	2,661
1952		319	473	< 5	--
1951		333	456	13	2,213
1950		330	445	8	2,952
1949		402	397	15	1,999
1948		386	405	10	2,562
1947		448	378	13	2,224
1946		399	382	9	2,644
1945		390	349	6	3,213
1944		472	310	8	2,789
1943		530	301	11	2,363
1942		517	303	20	1,620
1941		541	275	9	2,594
1940		580	258	22	1,456
1939		584	258	15	1,848
1938		706	234	11	2,281
1937		702	232	17	1,729
1936		697	235	10	2,402
1935		798	215	17	1,741
1934		828	215	16	1,832
1933		872	198	14	1,970
1932		1,045	181	23	1,500
1931		1,081	172	22	1,522
1930		1,342	155	32	1,270
1929		1,463	149	26	1,436
1928		1,660	139	27	1,439
1927		1,808	138	29	1,393
1926		2,027	129	37	1,187
1925		2,215	126	33	1,275
1924		2,236	126	24	1,613
1923		2,361	114	28	1,408
1922		2,392	112	15	2,210
1921		2,248	119	31	1,352
1920		2,071	123	18	1,938
1919		1,793	133	31	1,289
1918		1,797	130	15	2,131
1917		1,714	128	16	1,956
1916		1,524	134	11	2,490
1915		1,445	134	8	2,987
1914		1,133	133	8	2,580
1913		882	137	10	1,902
1912		695	156	10	1,700
1911		353	203	< 5	--
1910		365	187	< 5	--
1909		311	191	5	1,624
1908		262	207	< 5	--
1907		219	223	7	1,169
1906		221	207	5	1,365
1905		186	230	< 5	--
1904		214	206	< 5	--
1903		220	191	< 5	--
1902		206	205	< 5	--
1901		195	206	< 5	--
1900		224	211	< 5	--
1899		167	212	< 5	--
1898		129	268	< 5	--
1897		152	223	< 5	--
1896		144	232	< 5	--
1895		108	272	< 5	--
1894		89	294	< 5	--
1893		87	290	< 5	--
1892		69	325	< 5	--
1891		59	329	< 5	--
1890		58	336	< 5	--
1889		53	343	< 5	--
1888		43	368	< 5	--
1887		29	408	< 5	--
1886		25	436	< 5	--
1885		26	410	< 5	--
1884		21	445	< 5	--
1883		18	459	< 5	--
1882		15	486	< 5	--
1881		11	529	< 5	--
1880		7	719	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.