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Boy's name · #754 in the US (2025) · Trending
33% boys · 67% girls — For most of its history Murphy was mostly a boys' name; since around 2021 most babies named Murphy have been girls. Murphy →
Murphy is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1881, it stood at #754 in 2025; about 8,500 boys have been named Murphy along the way.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#365 in New Zealand (2025) · #599 in England & Wales (2025) · #902 in Scotland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,169 in Canada (2024).
It is also an American family name — about 308,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
Among 49 notable people named Murphy:
Sports figures appear 2.37× more often than among typical names — e.g. Murphy Jensen, American tennis player (born 1968).
Similar names: Campbell · Musa · Alfie · Cam · Conway · Percy
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