Is Murel a boy or girl name?

Murel is a unisex name. Of the 710 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 31.7% were girls and 68.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1931, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Murel

Recorded 1892–1962 · United States

Murel was most popular in 1926, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,524 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 710 people named Murel.

Murel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Murel’s peak in 1926. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Murel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Murel is a unisex name — 31.7% of the 710 Americans given it were girls and 68.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1931 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org