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How popular is the name Muriel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Muriels are alive today.
Muriel (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 7 in 2024, ranked 3319th. The name peaked in 1924, when around 1,700 babies were given the name, the 33rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1924; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 59,000 babies have been named Muriel in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Muriel you are most likely to meet is around 89 years old. Half of all Muriels born in England and Wales are between 60 and 88, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Muriel.
How many babies are named Muriel each year?
Where does Muriel rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Muriel most popular?
Muriel peaked in 1924, when around 1,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Muriel?
At least 13,000 people named Muriel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Muriel?
Most living Muriels are between 60 and 88; the most common age is about 89.
Is Muriel becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1924 peak.