Muriel
Muriel MURE-ee-əl is a feminine given name in the English language.
Meaning & Origin of Muriel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Muriel MURE-ee-əl is a feminine given name in the English language.
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The Story of Muriel
Muriel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 2,392 Muriels were born — ranking #112 that year. As of 2026, Muriel ranks #3,241 for baby girls with 49 births, rising sharply (+87% over the past five years). In total, more than 55K Muriels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Muriel
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- Muriel Anderson (born 1960), American guitarist
- Muriel Angelus (1912–2004), British actress
- Muriel Bamblett , advocate for Aboriginal child welfare in Victoria and Australia
- Muriel Barbery (born 1969), Moroccan-born French novelist
- Muriel Beaumont (1881–1957), British actress
- Muriel Bell (1898–1974), New Zealand nutritionist and researcher
- Muriel Bowser (born 1972), mayor of the District of Columbia
- Muriel Box (1905–1991), British screenwriter and film director
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Names that sound like Muriel
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About the name Muriel
Muriel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 55K births in the dataset. Muriel's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #112. Use the chart and map above to compare Muriel'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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