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Murray
Pronounced /ˈmʌɹi/
Rank in 2024
#2,719
Born in 2024
48
Peak year
1922 · #208
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 48 boys were named Murray, about 1 in every 35,736.
- It peaked in 1922 with 628 babies, ranked #208.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 21,859 boys have been named Murray since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Murray per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 8,335 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Silent: 5,327 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,771 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,337 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 586 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 407 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 546 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈmʌɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Murray, CC BY-SA 4.0.