Girl name#508 of girl names
Muriel
Pronounced M Y UH1 R IY0 AH0 L (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1922
- 145 years in use
How popular is Muriel?
Muriel is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 55,821 children — the 508th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 252 births across the past decade, against a peak of 2,404 in a single year. That peak was in 1922.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M Y UH1 R IY0 AH0 L
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Muriel
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Muriel
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Muriel?
- Muriel ranks 508th among girls' names in US records, with 55,821 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 252.
- Is Muriel a unisex name?
- No. Muriel is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Muriel most popular?
- 1922, when 2,404 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.