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Murphy

Pronounced /ˈmɜɹfi/

Rank in 2024
#475
Born in 2024
647
Peak year
2024 · #475
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:307 in 2024 (#814)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 647 girls were named Murphy, about 1 in every 2,493.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1898.
  • 3,900 girls have been named Murphy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Murphy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 47 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 33 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 287 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 437 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,091 babies, 0.15 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Irish Ó Murchadha (“descendant of Murrough”), Mac Murchaidh (“Son of Murrough”), etc. See Muircath.

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈmɜɹfi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Murphy, CC BY-SA 4.0.