Muriel is an established girls' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Muriel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,430 for girl births in the United States (and #7,681 across all names), given to 32 babies. Muriel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (2,392 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | #4,430 | — |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | #3,210 | — |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | #4,956 | — |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | #5,753 | — |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #6,334 | — |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #6,014 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #6,117 | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,436 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 26 | #5,144 | — |
| 2016 | 21 | 21 | #6,124 | — |
| 2015 | 28 | 28 | #4,943 | — |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | #4,735 | — |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | #8,045 | — |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #7,694 | — |
| 2011 | 21 | 21 | #6,277 | — |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #6,117 | — |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | #6,738 | — |
| 2008 | 31 | 31 | #4,842 | — |
| 2007 | 30 | 30 | #4,904 | — |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | #4,432 | — |
| 2005 | 27 | 27 | #4,918 | — |
| 2004 | 27 | 27 | #4,906 | — |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | #4,387 | — |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | #3,568 | — |
| 2001 | 30 | 30 | #4,169 | — |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | #3,953 | — |
| 1999 | 23 | 23 | #4,826 | — |
| 1998 | 41 | 41 | #3,098 | — |
| 1997 | 34 | — | #3,421 | — |
| 1996 | 45 | — | #2,743 | — |
| 1995 | 37 | — | #3,139 | — |
| 1994 | 24 | — | #4,337 | — |
| 1993 | 43 | — | #2,806 | — |
| 1992 | 34 | — | #3,325 | — |
| 1991 | 42 | — | #2,825 | — |
| 1990 | 37 | — | #3,056 | — |
| 1989 | 47 | — | #2,468 | — |
| 1988 | 37 | — | #2,845 | — |
| 1987 | 48 | — | #2,258 | — |
| 1986 | 59 | — | #1,904 | — |
| 1985 | 38 | — | #2,578 | — |
| 1984 | 36 | — | #2,607 | — |
| 1983 | 40 | — | #2,387 | — |
| 1982 | 43 | — | #2,313 | — |
| 1981 | 34 | — | #2,701 | — |
| 1980 | 51 | — | #2,057 | — |
| 1979 | 30 | — | #2,902 | — |
| 1978 | 50 | — | #1,952 | — |
| 1977 | 39 | — | #2,326 | — |
| 1976 | 27 | — | #2,840 | — |
| 1975 | 55 | — | #1,723 | — |
| 1974 | 41 | — | #2,050 | — |
| 1973 | 53 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1972 | 46 | — | #1,849 | — |
| 1971 | 81 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1970 | 76 | — | #1,381 | — |
| 1969 | 67 | — | #1,433 | — |
| 1968 | 82 | — | #1,204 | — |
| 1967 | 84 | — | #1,163 | — |
| 1966 | 110 | — | #1,008 | #4,343 |
| 1965 | 108 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1964 | 141 | — | #875 | — |
| 1963 | 175 | — | #786 | — |
| 1962 | 163 | — | #822 | — |
| 1961 | 179 | — | #797 | #3,568 |
| 1960 | 168 | — | #792 | — |
| 1959 | 168 | — | #801 | #4,384 |
| 1958 | 169 | — | #773 | — |
| 1957 | 216 | — | #668 | — |
| 1956 | 227 | — | #644 | #3,122 |
| 1955 | 251 | — | #587 | #3,764 |
| 1954 | 273 | — | #545 | #3,704 |
| 1953 | 319 | — | #496 | #2,660 |
| 1952 | 319 | — | #473 | — |
| 1951 | 347 | — | #454 | #2,214 |
| 1950 | 338 | — | #445 | #2,951 |
| 1949 | 417 | — | #397 | #2,001 |
| 1948 | 396 | — | #405 | #2,563 |
| 1947 | 461 | — | #378 | #2,223 |
| 1946 | 408 | — | #382 | #2,645 |
| 1945 | 396 | — | #349 | #3,215 |
| 1944 | 480 | — | #310 | #2,789 |
| 1943 | 541 | — | #301 | #2,363 |
| 1942 | 537 | — | #303 | #1,619 |
| 1941 | 550 | — | #275 | #2,596 |
| 1940 | 603 | — | #258 | #1,457 |
| 1939 | 599 | — | #258 | #1,847 |
| 1938 | 717 | — | #234 | #2,281 |
| 1937 | 719 | — | #232 | #1,729 |
| 1936 | 708 | — | #235 | #2,404 |
| 1935 | 814 | — | #215 | #1,740 |
| 1934 | 845 | — | #215 | #1,832 |
| 1933 | 886 | — | #198 | #1,971 |
| 1932 | 1,069 | — | #181 | #1,500 |
| 1931 | 1,103 | — | #172 | #1,523 |
| 1930 | 1,373 | — | #155 | #1,270 |
| 1929 | 1,489 | — | #149 | #1,436 |
| 1928 | 1,688 | — | #139 | #1,438 |
| 1927 | 1,836 | — | #138 | #1,394 |
| 1926 | 2,064 | — | #129 | #1,186 |
| 1925 | 2,248 | — | #126 | #1,275 |
| 1924 | 2,261 | — | #126 | #1,613 |
| 1923 | 2,388 | — | #114 | #1,408 |
| 1922 | 2,407 | — | #112 | #2,210 |
| 1921 | 2,279 | — | #119 | #1,352 |
| 1920 | 2,089 | — | #123 | #1,938 |
| 1919 | 1,824 | — | #133 | #1,289 |
| 1918 | 1,812 | — | #130 | #2,131 |
| 1917 | 1,730 | — | #128 | #1,956 |
| 1916 | 1,535 | — | #134 | #2,490 |
| 1915 | 1,453 | — | #134 | #2,987 |
| 1914 | 1,141 | — | #133 | #2,580 |
| 1913 | 892 | — | #137 | #1,901 |
| 1912 | 705 | — | #156 | #1,700 |
| 1911 | 353 | — | #203 | — |
| 1910 | 365 | — | #187 | — |
| 1909 | 316 | — | #191 | #1,624 |
| 1908 | 262 | — | #207 | — |
| 1907 | 226 | — | #223 | #1,169 |
| 1906 | 225 | — | #207 | #1,365 |
| 1905 | 186 | — | #230 | — |
| 1904 | 214 | — | #206 | — |
| 1903 | 220 | — | #191 | — |
| 1902 | 206 | — | #205 | — |
| 1901 | 195 | — | #206 | — |
| 1900 | 224 | — | #211 | — |
| 1899 | 167 | — | #212 | — |
| 1898 | 129 | — | #268 | — |
| 1897 | 152 | — | #223 | — |
| 1896 | 144 | — | #232 | — |
| 1895 | 108 | — | #272 | — |
| 1894 | 89 | — | #294 | — |
| 1893 | 87 | — | #290 | — |
| 1892 | 69 | — | #325 | — |
| 1891 | 59 | — | #329 | — |
| 1890 | 58 | — | #336 | — |
| 1889 | 53 | — | #343 | — |
| 1888 | 43 | — | #368 | — |
| 1887 | 29 | — | #408 | — |
| 1886 | 25 | — | #436 | — |
| 1885 | 26 | — | #410 | — |
| 1884 | 21 | — | #445 | — |
| 1883 | 18 | — | #459 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | — | #486 | — |
| 1881 | 11 | — | #529 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #719 | — |