Murphy
30
Babies in 2024
—
10-year change
2023
Peak · 35
-14%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Murphy
Murphy is a relative newcomer in UK girls' names — first appearing in ONS records for England & Wales in 2015. In 2024, 30 girls were registered with the name.
Murphy reached its peak in 2023, when 35 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #981 for UK girls that year. It has only been on UK records for a relatively short stretch.
Across 10 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 174 girls have been officially registered with the name Murphy in England & Wales. Murphy first appears on the published list in 2015 at #3,615.