Murna

Girls' name

Form of Muirne

Murna has been given to 72 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1940, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Murna, 1962

1 in 807,000

Murna over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Murna: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Muirne

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Murna means

Murna is a form of Muirne.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Murna is used in Irish (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɜɹ.nə/ and /ˈmɜː.nə/ for Murna.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Muirne.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 72 girls were recorded with the name Murna between 1917 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1940; its best national rank was #3,752 in 1940.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Murna?

Murna had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962: 1 in 807,000; 5 of 4,035,213 births
Among girls only: 1 in 393,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1962: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 559,400 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Murna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 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 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Murna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Murnas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Murna was born before 1940 — so the typical Murna is around 85 today.

Median birth year: 1940; About 85 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 25.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 55.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 25.0% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Murna 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1940 (7)
Years since peak: 85; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,752; 1940

Spellings of Murna

Murna is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 47.3% against Murna's <0.01%.

Maria47.3%566,111
Luna7.3%87,715
Verna5.8%69,113
Myra5.3%63,916
Mona3.8%45,787
Marina3.3%39,514
Marla3.2%38,781
Myrna2.7%31,700

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Murna by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,752; 1940
Peak year: 1940; 7 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 1962
All-time count: 72
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Murna

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

Murry Murphee Murle Murtis Muriah Mursal Murdis Murel Murray Murlean Muril Muranda Murrel Ferna Dorna Murphie Burna Murial Murlee Varna Prerna Iverna Derna Laurna

Sibling names for Murna

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

For a sister

Nedra Toby Annetta Jerilyn Carolynn Arleen Georgianna Judie

For a brother

Errol Sherwood Jerold Gail Rayford Ned Carol Wendell

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