Murphy

Boy name

Murphy ranks #64 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 1,074 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #227 for cats.

Murphy's popularity trend

Murphy's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2025.

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Year	Share
2025	0.4%
2024	0.38%
2023	0.37%
2022	0.39%
2021	0.39%
2020	0.37%
2019	0.35%
2018	0.34%
2017	0.35%
2016	0.33%
2015	0.31%
2014	0.28%
2013	0.31%
2012	0.29%
2011	0.28%
2010	0.3%
2009	0.3%
2008	0.26%
2007	0.25%

Licensed dogs in our data

1,074

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#64

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

2020 → 2025

Gender split

86% boys

14% girls86% boys

Where Murphy shows up

Murphy's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.7%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.4%
BurnsideAustralia	0.3%
AdelaideAustralia	0.2%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.2%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.2%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.2%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.2%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
PlayfordAustralia	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%

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