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Is Murphy a Male or Female Name?

Murphy is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Murphy globally is 90.0% males and 10.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 97.2% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 19.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Murphy in percentages: Globally: 90.0% males, 10.0% females, United States: 80.1% males, 19.9% females, Nigeria: 97.2% males, 2.8% females, United Kingdom: 90.5% males, 9.5% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Murphy are 45-54 years old, making up 27.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Murphy in each age group: 25-34: 16.4%, 35-44: 24.8%, 45-54: 27.7%, 55-64: 18.6%, 65+: 12.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Murphy is Nigeria with 0.0139% of the population. Following is United States and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Murphy measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Murphy year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1957: 0.0009‰, 1958: 0.0003‰, 1959: 0.0004‰, 1960: 0.001‰, 1961: 0.0005‰, 1962: 0.0008‰, 1963: 0.0007‰, 1964: 0.0016‰, 1965: 0.0008‰, 1966: 0.001‰, 1967: 0.0008‰, 1968: 0.0014‰, 1969: 0.0009‰, 1970: 0.0015‰, 1971: 0.0011‰, 1972: 0.0015‰, 1973: 0.0013‰, 1974: 0.0014‰, 1975: 0.0017‰, 1976: 0.0018‰, 1977: 0.0013‰, 1978: 0.0016‰, 1979: 0.0013‰, 1980: 0.0019‰, 1981: 0.0015‰, 1982: 0.0013‰, 1983: 0.0012‰, 1984: 0.0015‰, 1985: 0.0011‰, 1986: 0.0012‰, 1987: 0.0013‰, 1988: 0.0009‰, 1989: 0.0013‰, 1990: 0.001‰, 1991: 0.001‰, 1992: 0.0009‰, 1993: 0.001‰, 1994: 0.0007‰, 1995: 0.0005‰, 1996: 0.0005‰, 1998: 0.0004‰, 1999: 0.0007‰

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