Murray
About Murray
The name Murray peaked for boys at #206 in 1922. The name is most popular in Colorado, Georgia, and North Carolina. Murray is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
As of September 2026, Murray ranked #2633 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #206 in 1922, Nameberry popularity #964.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,917 | 40 | 20.8 |
| 2015 | #2,752 | 44 | 23 |
| 2016 | #2,819 | 43 | 22.7 |
| 2017 | #2,475 | 52 | 28.1 |
| 2018 | #2,781 | 44 | 24.2 |
| 2019 | #2,542 | 52 | 29 |
| 2020 | #2,683 | 47 | 27.2 |
| 2021 | #3,006 | 41 | 23.4 |
| 2022 | #2,777 | 47 | 26.9 |
| 2023 | #2,285 | 62 | 36.2 |
| 2024 | #2,726 | 48 | 27.9 |
| 2025 | #2,633 | 50 | 29.3 |
World rankings
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Famous Murrays
- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813
1843), hymnist
- Murray Gell
Mann, American physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Murray Newton Rothbard
American economist
- Murray Jonathan Gold
English composer
- Murray "the K" Kaufman
American radio DJ, said to be the "fifth Beatle"
- Murray Chotiner
American political strategist
- Murray Bookchin
American anarchist philosopher
- Murray James Cook
Australian musician of The Wiggles
- Murray Leinster
pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, American science fiction novelist
- Murray Stuart McCully
New Zealand politician
- Murray Seafield Saint
George Head, English actor and singer
- Bill Murray
American actor/comedian
- James "Murr" Murray
American comedian
- Andy Murray
British tennis player
- Brendan Murray
member of Irish boyband HomeTown
- Matt Murray
goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Murray in pop culture
- Murray River
Australia
- Murray Slaughter
character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- Murray
dog on TV's "Mad About You"
- Murray Lawrence Duvall
character in movie "Clueless"
- Murray
character in the Sly Cooper video game series
- Murray Hewitt
band manager on TV's "Flight of the Conchords"
- Murray the Demonic Talking Skull
character in the Monkey Island game series
- Murray
Muppet character on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Rick Murray
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Murray Bishop
character in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom
- Madman Murray
crazy salesman character in cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"
- Murray Franklin
character in the 2019 film "Joker"
- Murray Bauman
character in Stranger Things
- "The Outlaw Murray"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"