Murphy is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #594 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,124 babies. Murphy first appears in the data in 1881 and reached its peak in 2025 (1,124 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,124 | #594 |
| 2024 | 958 | #691 |
| 2023 | 846 | #754 |
| 2022 | 710 | #892 |
| 2021 | 612 | #997 |
| 2020 | 486 | #1,170 |
| 2019 | 362 | #1,446 |
| 2018 | 311 | #1,619 |
| 2017 | 313 | #1,625 |
| 2016 | 287 | #1,736 |
| 2015 | 237 | #1,964 |
| 2014 | 165 | #2,504 |
| 2013 | 134 | #2,864 |
| 2012 | 98 | #3,533 |
| 2011 | 128 | #2,953 |
| 2010 | 133 | #2,880 |
| 2009 | 114 | #3,273 |
| 2008 | 119 | #3,177 |
| 2007 | 102 | #3,492 |
| 2006 | 95 | #3,588 |
| 2005 | 99 | #3,373 |
| 2004 | 106 | #3,127 |
| 2003 | 91 | #3,382 |
| 2002 | 82 | #3,543 |
| 2001 | 65 | #4,093 |
| 2000 | 74 | #3,682 |
| 1999 | 68 | #3,733 |
| 1998 | 78 | #3,312 |
| 1997 | 72 | #3,398 |
| 1996 | 79 | #3,130 |
| 1995 | 90 | #2,810 |
| 1994 | 84 | #2,932 |
| 1993 | 78 | #3,060 |
| 1992 | 100 | #2,594 |
| 1991 | 117 | #2,308 |
| 1990 | 103 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 89 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 36 | #4,542 |
| 1987 | 32 | #4,676 |
| 1986 | 45 | #3,617 |
| 1985 | 25 | #5,362 |
| 1984 | 30 | #4,596 |
| 1983 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 1982 | 28 | #4,841 |
| 1981 | 35 | #4,126 |
| 1980 | 23 | #5,487 |
| 1979 | 46 | #3,383 |
| 1978 | 33 | #4,062 |
| 1977 | 29 | #4,385 |
| 1976 | 37 | #3,578 |
| 1975 | 32 | #3,898 |
| 1974 | 40 | #3,281 |
| 1973 | 26 | #4,240 |
| 1972 | 38 | #3,285 |
| 1971 | 39 | #3,316 |
| 1970 | 34 | #3,537 |
| 1969 | 21 | #4,479 |
| 1968 | 38 | #3,039 |
| 1967 | 26 | #3,678 |
| 1966 | 36 | #3,040 |
| 1965 | 37 | #3,015 |
| 1964 | 55 | #2,460 |
| 1963 | 53 | #2,489 |
| 1962 | 49 | #2,588 |
| 1961 | 38 | #3,022 |
| 1960 | 40 | #2,901 |
| 1959 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 1958 | 56 | #2,332 |
| 1957 | 40 | #2,812 |
| 1956 | 66 | #2,111 |
| 1955 | 59 | #2,205 |
| 1954 | 62 | #2,117 |
| 1953 | 64 | #2,038 |
| 1952 | 81 | #1,761 |
| 1951 | 61 | #2,017 |
| 1950 | 62 | #1,978 |
| 1949 | 66 | #1,893 |
| 1948 | 57 | #2,046 |
| 1947 | 57 | #2,054 |
| 1946 | 46 | #2,206 |
| 1945 | 42 | #2,134 |
| 1944 | 68 | #1,645 |
| 1943 | 68 | #1,696 |
| 1942 | 58 | #1,822 |
| 1941 | 60 | #1,709 |
| 1940 | 53 | #1,790 |
| 1939 | 69 | #1,512 |
| 1938 | 69 | #1,537 |
| 1937 | 53 | #1,739 |
| 1936 | 44 | #1,911 |
| 1935 | 65 | #1,565 |
| 1934 | 60 | #1,622 |
| 1933 | 53 | #1,723 |
| 1932 | 86 | #1,341 |
| 1931 | 66 | #1,554 |
| 1930 | 67 | #1,616 |
| 1929 | 66 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 52 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 89 | #1,409 |
| 1926 | 89 | #1,400 |
| 1925 | 68 | #1,652 |
| 1924 | 65 | #1,742 |
| 1923 | 83 | #1,479 |
| 1922 | 87 | #1,455 |
| 1921 | 65 | #1,729 |
| 1920 | 73 | #1,597 |
| 1919 | 80 | #1,470 |
| 1918 | 65 | #1,657 |
| 1917 | 79 | #1,435 |
| 1916 | 69 | #1,517 |
| 1915 | 67 | #1,507 |
| 1914 | 59 | #1,401 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,897 |
| 1912 | 41 | #1,419 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,769 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,958 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,732 |
| 1908 | 17 | #1,590 |
| 1907 | 21 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 17 | #1,454 |
| 1905 | 17 | #1,457 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,780 |
| 1903 | 22 | #1,161 |
| 1902 | 7 | #2,269 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,822 |
| 1900 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,696 |
| 1897 | 14 | #1,427 |
| 1896 | 6 | #2,308 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,623 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,889 |
| 1893 | 13 | #1,369 |
| 1892 | 16 | #1,254 |
| 1891 | 6 | #2,008 |
| 1890 | 6 | #2,034 |
| 1888 | 5 | #2,222 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,667 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,971 |
| 1883 | 7 | #1,512 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,606 |