Girls' name · peaked in 1922
Muriel name popularity since 1925
28,828 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Muriel (98.2% girls, 1.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1934 or earlier, so the typical Muriel is about 92 years old in 2026. Muriel peaked in 1922 as the #112 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,828
- Named Muriel, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1922
- #112 for girls that year
- Typical age
- About 92
- Median birth year 1934
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,430 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.2% girls
- 28,308 girls · 520 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 7.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Muriel made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Muriel births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Muriel peaked earlier, in 1922.
- Steepest fall: Between 1953 and 1958, Muriel's share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 6,090 to 1 in 11,900.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Muriel's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Muriel.
Decade by decade
Babies named Muriel in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 9,173 | 152 | – |
| 1930s | 8,656 | 177 | #215 |
| 1940s | 4,666 | 123 | #349 |
| 1950s | 2,571 | 56 | #587 |
| 1960s | 1,265 | 12 | #1,007 |
| 1970s | 498 | 0 | #1,723 |
| 1980s | 433 | 0 | #2,578 |
| 1990s | 360 | 0 | #3,139 |
| 2000s | 298 | 0 | #4,918 |
| 2010s | 218 | 0 | #4,943 |
| 2020–25 | 170 | 0 | #4,430 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.4% of babies named Muriel from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Muriel is most popular
The index compares Muriel's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Muriel.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 7.30× | 651 |
| Maine | 6.37× | 686 |
| New Hampshire | 4.99× | 395 |
| Massachusetts | 3.31× | 1,980 |
| New York | 3.03× | 5,782 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Muriel's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Muriel.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Muriel (1922).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data