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Murphy

Murphy ranks #44 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 4 places, 31 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #27 among boy dog names.
Murphy's popularity trend

Murphy's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.05%0.1%0.15%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
31
across 4 places
Popularity rank
#44
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−77
2014 → 2019
Gender split
94% male
6% female94% male

Gender split comes from 55 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Murphy mean?
/ˈmɜɹfi/2 syllablesOrigin: a surname

Murphy began as an Irish surname, an anglicized form of O Murchadha, meaning descendant of Murchadh -- a personal name built from muir, meaning sea, and cath, meaning battle, together read as sea warrior.

Murphy has a friendly, down-to-earth charm, a name that fits a companion with a scrappy, good-natured energy and maybe a little Irish luck.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Murphy shows up

Cats named Murphy per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
SeattleWA, US0.11%
TorontoON, CA0.07%
DarwinNT, AU0.39%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.13%

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