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Murdoch

#13,287 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Muireadhach

Murdoch has been given to 57 babies in the U.S. since 1923. In 2025 it ranked #13,287 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Murdoch, 2025

1 in 663,000

Murdoch over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Murdoch: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Muireadhach

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Murdoch means

Murdoch is a form of Muireadhach.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Murdoch is used in Scottish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɜɹ.dɑk/ and /ˈmɜː.dɒk/ for Murdoch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Muireadhach.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 57 boys were recorded with the name Murdoch between 1923 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,682 in 1923.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,428 in 2020 to #13,287 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Murdoch?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,287
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Murdoch sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Murdoch. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Murdochs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Murdoch was born before 2019 — so the typical Murdoch is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
38.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
52
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Choose a decade

2020s — 38.6% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Murdoch rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+141
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2019 (10)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,682
1923

Murdoch around the world

Where Murdoch ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1975–2020
    #711
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2021–2021
    #2,619
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    2002–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Murdoch by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,287
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 141
Best rank ever
#4,682
1923
Peak year
2019
10 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
57
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Murdoch

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Murdoch

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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