Murphie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MUR-fee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Murphie is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “sea warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Murphie mean?
Irish: spelling of Murphy, from the surname Ó Murchadha
“sea warrior”
Murphy, the usual spelling, is the most common surname in Ireland.
Is Murphie a girl's or a boy's name?
Murphie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Murphie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Murphie, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 61 girls in the UK were given Murphie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #632, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Murphy 56
- Murphie 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Murphie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
How popular is Murphie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 256% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Murphie, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. It first appears in the records in 2015.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Murphie of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Murphie in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 878 girls in the US were given Murphie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #375, up from #2,276 for this spelling alone.
Murphie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
Names like Murphie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh Maeve Aoife Saoirse Maisie Indie Minha Orla Maeva Mirha Dua Esme
Other spellings of Murphie
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Murphie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/murphie, updated 20 October 2026.