Murl is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Murl is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Murl was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1919 (65 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | — | #6,971 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #6,003 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #6,463 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,620 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | — | #4,471 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,898 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #5,420 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,216 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | — | #3,497 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | — | #3,286 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,452 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | — | #3,457 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | — | #2,382 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | — | #2,016 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | — | #3,226 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | — | #2,303 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | — | #2,501 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | — | #2,267 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | #5,903 | #1,875 |
| 1957 | 20 | — | — | #1,823 |
| 1956 | 16 | — | — | #2,067 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | — | #2,282 |
| 1954 | 20 | — | — | #1,744 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | — | #1,941 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | #6,152 | #1,605 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | — | #2,215 |
| 1950 | 30 | — | — | #1,333 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | — | #2,002 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | — | #1,798 |
| 1947 | 46 | — | #4,240 | #1,186 |
| 1946 | 30 | — | #3,163 | #1,679 |
| 1945 | 35 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | — | #1,355 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | — | #1,392 |
| 1942 | 38 | — | #4,488 | #1,240 |
| 1941 | 34 | — | #4,288 | #1,268 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #4,844 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 42 | — | #4,115 | #1,079 |
| 1938 | 46 | — | #2,690 | #1,104 |
| 1937 | 33 | — | #4,128 | #1,304 |
| 1936 | 44 | — | #2,805 | #1,134 |
| 1935 | 45 | — | #2,076 | #1,268 |
| 1934 | 45 | — | #3,379 | #1,088 |
| 1933 | 40 | — | #4,081 | #1,140 |
| 1932 | 54 | — | #2,599 | #1,033 |
| 1931 | 50 | — | #3,156 | #1,059 |
| 1930 | 71 | — | #1,645 | #1,000 |
| 1929 | 53 | — | #1,874 | #1,231 |
| 1928 | 66 | — | #1,947 | #1,027 |
| 1927 | 84 | — | #1,659 | #896 |
| 1926 | 69 | — | #2,053 | #975 |
| 1925 | 68 | — | #2,357 | #939 |
| 1924 | 84 | — | #2,110 | #855 |
| 1923 | 59 | — | #2,339 | #1,097 |
| 1922 | 76 | — | #1,944 | #943 |
| 1921 | 72 | — | #2,467 | #935 |
| 1920 | 81 | — | #1,537 | #963 |
| 1919 | 78 | — | #2,604 | #816 |
| 1918 | 82 | — | #1,486 | #915 |
| 1917 | 61 | — | #1,897 | #1,013 |
| 1916 | 81 | — | #1,667 | #806 |
| 1915 | 74 | — | #1,509 | #874 |
| 1914 | 52 | — | #1,645 | #945 |
| 1913 | 43 | — | #1,450 | #986 |
| 1912 | 32 | — | #1,798 | #1,015 |
| 1911 | 14 | — | #2,744 | #1,256 |
| 1910 | 14 | — | #1,724 | #1,771 |
| 1909 | 17 | — | #1,903 | #1,000 |
| 1908 | 17 | — | #1,511 | #1,091 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | #1,475 | #1,481 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | #1,671 | #1,206 |
| 1905 | 17 | — | #1,501 | #896 |
| 1904 | 12 | — | #1,800 | #1,164 |
| 1903 | 17 | — | #1,063 | #1,250 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1901 | 8 | — | — | #830 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | — | #1,268 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | — | #788 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | #1,351 | #1,176 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,529 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,541 | — |
| 1894 | 19 | — | #935 | #924 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | — | #888 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #1,472 | #820 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,473 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,155 | — |