first name
MURIEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,477 people named Muriel, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Muriel peaked in 1922, when 2,407 babies got the name.
At least 55,646 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Muriel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #227. The largest share of babies named Muriel, 56.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Muriel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Muriel has been most common in Maine (5.9×), Rhode Island (5.5×), and New Hampshire (3.7×), and least common in Utah (0.19×).
47,583 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Muriel
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Muriel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Muriel ranks #16,886 of 156,621, with 1,646 people. See Muriel as a last name
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