Meaning and history
Murphy is a name derived from the common Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Murchadha, which itself comes from the given name Murchadh. As a given name, it has been used for female characters in the American television series Murphy Brown (1988–1998) and the film Interstellar (2014).
20062006: 35 births, rank #4,165
2007: 20 births, rank #6,552
2008: 34 births, rank #4,448
2009: 24 births, rank #5,709
2010: 30 births, rank #4,735
20112011: 26 births, rank #5,207
2012: 25 births, rank #5,398
2013: 31 births, rank #4,543
2014: 42 births, rank #3,652
2015: 88 births, rank #2,152
20162016: 124 births, rank #1,712
2017: 148 births, rank #1,495
2018: 146 births, rank #1,497
2019: 177 births, rank #1,295
2020: 261 births, rank #976
20212021: 398 births, rank #719
2022: 443 births, rank #667
2023: 588 births, rank #516
2024: 650 births, rank #474
20252025: 783 births, rank #397
Murphy rose from #476 to #397 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 783.