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How popular is the name Murdoch?
Births per year, rank history and how many Murdoches are alive today.
Murdoch (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2004, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3651st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2018, with 3 babies given the name that year.
The Murdoch you are most likely to meet is around 0 years old. Half of all Murdoches born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 68 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Murdoch - on average, only one in every 4,456 such rooms contains a Murdoch.
How many babies are named Murdoch each year?
Where does Murdoch rank among boys' 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 Murdoch most popular?
Murdoch peaked in 2004, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Murdoch?
At least 68 people named Murdoch born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Murdoch?
Most living Murdoches are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 0.
Is Murdoch becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.