Murdock
Murdock is a surname. A relatively modern iteration of the Irish or Scottish name Murdoch. Notable people with the surname include:Andrew Murdock, American record producer Andrew G. Murdock, botanist whose official abbreviation is "Murdock", who described the fern genus Ptisana Bennet Murdock (1925–2022), American psychologist Colin Murdock, Northern Irish footballer David H.
Meaning & Origin of Murdock
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Murdock is a surname. A relatively modern iteration of the Irish or Scottish name Murdoch. Notable people with the surname include:Andrew Murdock, American record producer Andrew G. Murdock, botanist whose official abbreviation is "Murdock", who described the fern genus Ptisana Bennet Murdock (1925–2022), American psychologist Colin Murdock, Northern Irish footballer David H.
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The Story of Murdock
Murdock first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 13 births, good for #6,347 nationwide. Murdock last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 340 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Murdock
Murdock is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 340 births in the dataset. Murdock's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #6,347. Use the chart and map above to compare Murdock's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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