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Murphy
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36% girls / 64% boys
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Rising name
8,486births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 754rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Murphy are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Murphy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Murphy is most common in Louisiana (18.4 times), North Carolina (1.8) and Texas (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Rising name
4,688births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 397rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Murphy are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Murphy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Murphy is spread fairly evenly across the country: no state gives it more than 1.25 times the national average since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 5% | 95% |
| 1900s | 3% | 97% |
| 1910s | 6% | 94% |
| 1920s | 1% | 99% |
| 1930s | 4% | 96% |
| 1940s | 1% | 99% |
| 1950s | 0% | 100% |
| 1960s | 0% | 100% |
| 1970s | 0% | 100% |
| 1980s | 10% | 90% |
| 1990s | 39% | 61% |
| 2000s | 29% | 71% |
| 2010s | 39% | 61% |
| 2020s | 66% | 34% |