Murray is a distinctive choice, ranked #2014 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Murray in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2014
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About the Name Murray
Murray is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 543 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #471 in 1997 â and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Murray is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Murray in their class.
â Famous People Named Murray
Conrad Murray â Conrad Robert Murray is a Grenadian-born American former physician convicted for his role in the death of American singer and dancer Michael Jackson.
Fanny Murray â Fanny Murray, nÊe Fanny Rudman and later Fanny Ross, was an 18th-century English courtesan, mistress to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and dedicatee of the fateful Essay on Woman that led to the downfall of John Wilkes.
Judith Sargent Murray â Judith Sargent Stevens Murray was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Murray
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Murray per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Murray in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Murray is declining: down 189 places since 2020, to #2,014 in 2025. It peaked at #471 in 1997.
Murray is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Murray include: Conrad Murray and Luke Murray. Short summaries for each appear below.
Murray does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice â your child is unlikely to encounter American Murrays in the wild.
12
UK babies named Murray (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 189 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Murray
Almost certainly the only Murray in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Murray
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Fanny Murray, nÊe Fanny Rudman and later Fanny Ross, was an 18th-century English courtesan, mistress to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and dedicatee of the fateful Essay on Woman that led to the downfall of John Wilkes.
Luke Murray is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team and in March 2026 was hired as the next head coach at Boston College.
Murray Handwerker was an American businessman who expanded Nathan's Famous, a fast food restaurant specializing in hot dogs, from a family-owned hot dog stand to a nationally franchised chain.