Murlin
Murlin is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Meaning & Origin of Murlin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Murlin is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
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The Story of Murlin
The earliest SSA record of Murlin as a baby boy name dates back to 1912, when 7 babies received it. 1927 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Murlin — #1,796 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Murlin on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Murlin last appeared in the published SSA data in 1953, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 321 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Murlin
Murlin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 321 births in the dataset. Murlin's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #1,796. Use the chart and map above to compare Murlin'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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