Muriel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Muriel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Muriel: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #179 in 1967, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#179highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Muriel's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2010	#4012
2021	#5581
2023	#5687
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 5 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #215 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1984
Highest recorded position: #179 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1964–1984).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Muriel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 226 births with the name.

Muriel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Muriel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#3318 (2024)	#3318 (2024)	5 of 25	21 (2000–2024)	7 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#215 (1964)	#179 (1967)	#516 (1984)	21 of 21	226 (1964–1984)	20 (1967)

Muriel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Muriel in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	88	6 of 10	15
1970s	111	10 of 10	11
1980s	27	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Muriel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #179 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Muriel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#308	9	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	16	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	17	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	15	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	18	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	15	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #179, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 36 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Murray · #16, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Imre · #179, 31y
Mortimer · #181, 26y
Aizah · #182, 23y
Dearbhail · #174, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Collette · #179, 49y
Ignatius · #179, 26y
Imre · #179, 31y
Cait · #178, 53y

Muriel was ranked #179 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Muriel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Muriel without appearing here.

Muriel moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 1976 they stood at #429 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #296 and #369.
Florence Compare
In 1982 they stood at #425 and #399 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #476 and #529.

Moved ahead of Muriel

Nicole Compare
In 1981 they stood at #335 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #425 and #201.
Danielle Compare
In 1977 they stood at #296 and #329 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #388 and #190.
Megan Compare
In 1983 they stood at #476 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #320.
Lynette Compare
In 1983 they stood at #476 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #516 and #343.

Moved the opposite way to Muriel

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 while Aisling went from #154 to #19.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 while Alison went from #146 to #67.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 while Amanda went from #118 to #47.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 while Aoife went from #206 to #16.

Moved the same way as Muriel

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 and Alice from #57 to #137.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 and Angela from #24 to #97.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 and Ann from #4 to #32.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Muriel went from #215 to #516 and Anna from #34 to #65.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #179 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Muriel

Muriel at a glance

What stands out in Muriel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Muriel across 2 official records

Muriel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Muriel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Muriel at a glance

What stands out in Muriel's record

Muriel across 2 official records

Muriel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Muriel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Muriel

Muriel and the names beside it

Muriel moved ahead of

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