Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Facts and Stats about the Dog name Murphy from 23K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/16/26 - Dig In Most adoptable Dogs with the the name murphy live in the state of California. 30.8% live in California, 15.4% live in Texas 7.7% live in New York, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi and Nevada If you want to stand out take your Dog to New Hampshire (None live there). The majority of Dogs with the name Murphy are in the Terrier group Is Murphy usually a male or female name? ♀♀♀♀♀ ♂ Murphy is undeniably a male Dog name. 99.99% of all Murphy in the USA are male while hardly 0.01% are female. FEMALEMALE If you're a Dog and your name is Murphy you are most likelyA German Shepherd Dog 14.29% of all Dogs named Murphy are German Shepherd Dog 14.29% are Retriever 14.29% are American Staffordshire Terrier 14.29% are Staffordshire Bull Terrier 14.29% are Great Pyrenees Murphy is a quite popular Dog name. Murphy is currently the 56th most popular Dog name in the USA. it reached its peak popularity as the 22nd most common Dog name in Oct. In recent months, the name has lost some of its popularity. Fun fact: Nevada is the state with the highest per capita adoptable Dogs named murphy Check out the per capita popularity of Dogs named murphy for each state in the map below. Is the Dog name murphy only for Dogs? Nope The first name murphy is a human name & There is also a Cat named murphy Did you enjoy this page? Share it! Facebook Twitter Tumblr Reddit And check out more names: Scout Cassie Jax Jade