Murphy
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About Murphy
The name Murphy is currently ranked #754 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #510 in 1892. The name is most popular in MURPHY, MURPHY, and MURPHY. Murphy is also used for girls, ranking #397 in 2025 (more popular).
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,386 | 123 | 64 |
| 2015 | #1,230 | 149 | 77.7 |
| 2016 | #1,174 | 163 | 85.9 |
| 2017 | #1,151 | 165 | 89.1 |
| 2018 | #1,163 | 165 | 90.9 |
| 2019 | #1,083 | 185 | 103.1 |
| 2020 | #966 | 225 | 130.4 |
| 2021 | #1,030 | 213 | 121.8 |
| 2022 | #887 | 267 | 152.9 |
| 2023 | #900 | 258 | 150.8 |
| 2024 | #815 | 307 | 178.2 |
| 2025 | #754 | 341 | 199.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Murphys
- Murphy Jensen
American tennis player
- Murphy Lee
stage name of Torhi Harper, American rapper
- Murphy James Foster
Jr., American politician, former governor of Louisiana
- Murphy Anderson
American comic book artist
- Murphy aka Mikael Judas (born Michael Cole)
American pro wrestler
- Koltyn Murphy Locke (b. 2015)
son of Kiptyn Locke from The Bachelor
Murphy in pop culture
- "Murphy
" novel by Samuel Beckett and main character
- Murphy MacManus
character in movie "Boondock Saints"
- Murphy
character in movie "Ghost Brigade"
- Murphy Pendleton
character in video game "Silent Hill: Downpour"
- Murphy's law
most commonly "Anything that can go wrong, will"
- Murphy McNully
character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery