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Baby name
Muriel
Girl
Origin of the name
Muriel comes from a Celtic name; it is usually linked to the Irish Muirgheal, “bright sea.”
Short-lived name
54,884births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 112rank at its peak, in 1922
Where babies named Muriel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Muriel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Muriel is most common in Maine (5.4 times), Rhode Island (5) and New Hampshire (3.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Mariel 7,482
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