Murray
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning from the sea; of Moray.
Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies
Murray by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Murray. In the US, 57 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 628 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Murray. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Murray, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Murray
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