The name Murray is of Scottish origin, and means mariner.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Murray has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Murray
Use of the Name Murray for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
19,975
3,387
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Murray has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Murray last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1975, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Murray
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
438
17
1881
477
14
1882
420
19
1883
393
20
1884
463
17
1885
391
21
1886
413
19
1887
287
34
1888
461
18
1889
366
24
1890
308
32
1891
384
21
1892
390
24
1893
443
18
1894
354
27
1895
286
39
1896
348
31
1897
285
41
1898
344
32
1899
309
33
1900
300
49
1901
270
41
1902
316
38
1903
350
31
1904
282
46
1905
252
60
1906
300
47
1907
250
71
1908
249
72
1909
278
66
1910
258
89
1911
213
138
1912
216
254
1913
229
267
1914
229
340
1915
249
362
1916
243
435
1917
242
435
1918
246
477
1919
245
463
1920
239
524
1921
219
606
1922
209
625
1923
221
589
1924
227
592
1925
226
588
1926
234
566
1927
252
510
1928
249
505
1929
267
435
1930
279
413
1931
284
376
1932
300
342
1933
321
279
1934
338
261
1935
346
254
1936
363
223
1937
341
251
1938
342
265
1939
363
244
1940
351
263
1941
360
264
1942
382
255
1943
360
289
1944
406
219
1945
437
187
1946
410
238
1947
402
293
1948
423
251
1949
402
276
1950
435
236
1951
411
271
1952
411
282
1953
453
248
1954
424
286
1955
443
280
1956
430
307
1957
475
269
1958
489
256
1959
505
242
1960
541
216
1961
528
226
1962
554
203
1963
553
204
1964
596
176
1965
640
137
1966
625
140
1967
681
120
1968
771
93
1969
733
114
1970
794
107
1971
844
93
1972
990
67
1973
976
69
1974
1975
996
68
Totals:
19,975
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Murray as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Murray appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 95 times during the last 125 years.