Murray
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Murray is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “seaboard settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 567th for boys in the UK (75 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Murray mean?
Scottish: from a surname taken from the region of Moray
“seaboard settlement”
From the Scottish surname taken from Moray, the region around the Moray Firth in north-east Scotland.
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Is Murray a girl's or a boy's name?
Murray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 75 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 50 boys in the US.
How popular is Murray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #567among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 75 boys in the UK were named Murray, making it the 567th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 503rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 142 boys.
Half of all the boys named Murray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales, 88th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Murray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #567 |
| 2024 | 79 | #545 |
| 2023 | 85 | #515 |
| 2022 | 74 | #573 |
| 2021 | 86 | #518 |
| 2020 | 85 | #503 |
| 2019 | 93 | #486 |
| 2018 | 93 | #485 |
| 2017 | 98 | #469 |
| 2016 | 128 | #393 |
| 2015 | 137 | #372 |
| 2014 | 129 | #370 |
| 2013 | 138 | #343 |
| 2012 | 123 | #392 |
| 2011 | 124 | #374 |
| 2010 | 142 | #339 |
| 2009 | 121 | #363 |
| 2008 | 107 | #392 |
| 2007 | 133 | #321 |
| 2006 | 111 | #348 |
| 2005 | 113 | #313 |
| 2004 | 111 | #314 |
| 2003 | 97 | #320 |
| 2002 | 102 | #301 |
| 2001 | 89 | #337 |
| 2000 | 92 | #330 |
| 1999 | 98 | #314 |
| 1998 | 120 | #265 |
| 1997 | 101 | #306 |
| 1996 | 109 | #283 |
How popular is Murray in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Murray, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 628 boys. 8 girls were also named Murray in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Murray in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14% of the babies named Murray in the US were girls.
Murray in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 45 | #1,700 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,892 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,166 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,154 |
| 1975 | 68 | #994 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,052 |
| 1973 | 69 | #971 |
| 1972 | 66 | #993 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 109 | #788 |
| 1969 | 115 | #727 |
| 1968 | 93 | #771 |
| 1967 | 120 | #680 |
| 1966 | 140 | #626 |
| 1965 | 136 | #642 |
| 1964 | 176 | #597 |
| 1963 | 206 | #553 |
| 1962 | 203 | #554 |
| 1961 | 227 | #526 |
| 1960 | 217 | #538 |
| 1959 | 242 | #503 |
| 1958 | 257 | #488 |
| 1957 | 269 | #472 |
| 1956 | 309 | #429 |
| 1955 | 281 | #441 |
| 1954 | 286 | #424 |
| 1953 | 249 | #452 |
| 1952 | 282 | #409 |
| 1951 | 273 | #411 |
| 1950 | 233 | #436 |
| 1949 | 276 | #402 |
| 1948 | 253 | #422 |
| 1947 | 294 | #400 |
| 1946 | 238 | #412 |
| 1945 | 189 | #433 |
| 1944 | 219 | #407 |
| 1943 | 290 | #359 |
| 1942 | 256 | #382 |
| 1941 | 265 | #358 |
| 1940 | 259 | #353 |
| 1939 | 244 | #363 |
| 1938 | 265 | #340 |
| 1937 | 251 | #341 |
| 1936 | 223 | #362 |
| 1935 | 255 | #345 |
| 1934 | 261 | #338 |
| 1933 | 279 | #321 |
| 1932 | 341 | #299 |
| 1931 | 377 | #284 |
| 1930 | 412 | #279 |
| 1929 | 437 | #266 |
| 1928 | 504 | #251 |
| 1927 | 511 | #252 |
| 1926 | 568 | #234 |
| 1925 | 587 | #226 |
| 1924 | 590 | #228 |
| 1923 | 589 | #220 |
| 1922 | 628 | #206 |
| 1921 | 604 | #219 |
| 1920 | 524 | #239 |
| 1919 | 464 | #245 |
| 1918 | 477 | #244 |
| 1917 | 436 | #241 |
| 1916 | 434 | #243 |
| 1915 | 361 | #250 |
| 1914 | 339 | #229 |
| 1913 | 268 | #229 |
| 1912 | 254 | #216 |
| 1911 | 139 | #212 |
| 1910 | 89 | #256 |
| 1909 | 67 | #275 |
| 1908 | 72 | #248 |
| 1907 | 71 | #248 |
| 1906 | 47 | #298 |
| 1905 | 60 | #251 |
| 1904 | 46 | #277 |
| 1903 | 31 | #346 |
| 1902 | 38 | #312 |
| 1901 | 41 | #267 |
| 1900 | 49 | #297 |
| 1899 | 33 | #306 |
| 1898 | 32 | #339 |
| 1897 | 41 | #283 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 39 | #282 |
| 1894 | 27 | #349 |
| 1893 | 18 | #435 |
| 1892 | 24 | #384 |
| 1891 | 21 | #377 |
| 1890 | 32 | #302 |
| 1889 | 24 | #360 |
| 1888 | 18 | #442 |
| 1887 | 34 | #276 |
| 1886 | 19 | #403 |
| 1885 | 21 | #388 |
| 1884 | 17 | #450 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 19 | #416 |
| 1881 | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | 17 | #425 |
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