Murray
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Murray
Murray, you may be surprised to discover, is a Scottish surname name --that of an ancient noble clan--with a sea-swept meaning, and just could be in the next wave of reevaluated grandpa names. Currently Number 60 for baby boys born in its native Scotland; it was at its highest in the US in 1922, when it reached Number 208, but has been off the list since 1975. Could it be time for a comeback?
Murray for boys#2633 US
TV Murrays have appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Flight of the Conchords and Degrassi: The Next Gemeration.
Lisa Kudrow used it as the middle name of her son Julian.
Murray for girls#11607 US
An old-man name that sounds cute when used for a little girl, and is starting to seem cool again for boys too. For girls, it might be associated with Mina Murray (later, Mina Harker) from Bram Stoker's Dracula and its many adaptations.
Pronounced MUR-ee.
As of October 2026, Murray ranked #2633 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #206 in 1922, Nameberry popularity #805.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,917 | 40 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,752 | 44 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #2,819 | 43 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #2,475 | 52 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,781 | 44 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,542 | 52 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,683 | 47 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,006 | 41 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,777 | 47 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,285 | 62 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,726 | 48 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,633 | 50 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Murray for boys
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Famous Murrays
- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813Boy
1843), hymnist
- Murray GellBoy
Mann, American physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Murray Newton RothbardBoy
American economist
- Murray Jonathan GoldBoy
English composer
- Murray "the K" KaufmanBoy
American radio DJ, said to be the "fifth Beatle"
- Murray ChotinerBoy
American political strategist
- Murray BookchinBoy
American anarchist philosopher
- Murray James CookBoy
Australian musician of The Wiggles
- Murray LeinsterBoy
pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, American science fiction novelist
- Murray Stuart McCullyBoy
New Zealand politician
- Murray Seafield SaintBoy
George Head, English actor and singer
- Bill MurrayBoy
American actor/comedian
- James "Murr" MurrayBoy
American comedian
- Andy MurrayBoy
British tennis player
- Brendan MurrayBoy
member of Irish boyband HomeTown
- Matt MurrayBoy
goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Caitlyn Melissa MurrayGirl
daughter of actor Sean Harland Murray
- Bill MurrayGirl
American actor
Murray in pop culture
- Murray RiverBoy
Australia
- Murray SlaughterBoy
character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
- MurrayBoy
dog on TV's "Mad About You"
- Murray Lawrence DuvallBoy
character in movie "Clueless"
- MurrayBoy
character in the Sly Cooper video game series
- Murray HewittBoy
band manager on TV's "Flight of the Conchords"
- Murray the Demonic Talking SkullBoy
character in the Monkey Island game series
- MurrayBoy
Muppet character on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Rick MurrayBoy
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Murray BishopBoy
character in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom
- Madman MurrayBoy
crazy salesman character in cartoon show "Garfield and Friends"
- Murray FranklinBoy
character in the 2019 film "Joker"
- Murray BaumanBoy
character in Stranger Things
- "The Outlaw Murray"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- MurrayGirl
character in the Sly Cooper franchise