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Maybe theyβre not gravitating to it after all.
In a new interview, Jessica Chastain claimed there have been βa lot of couples who have told me theyβve named their children, their daughters Murph,β after her NASA scientistΒ character, Murphy βMurphβ Cooper, in the 2014 science fiction film βInterstellar.β
βWell, maybe this means itβll be a boon to science,’β Chastain, 47, quipped to People magazine last week.
But a rep for Babynames.com told TMZ on Wednesday that the name Murph is not that popular.
Itβs not in the top 1,000 names β for boys or girls β for any year of birth this century, according to the Social Security Administrationβs baby name database.
The Babynames.com rep also told TMZ that only one person added the name to their favorites list in the two years after the release of βInterstellarβ β and another person added it last year.
The Post reached out to Chastainβs reps for comment.
Now, Murphy is a desired name for babies, entering the Social Security list in 2020 at No. 977 for girls and No. 964 for boys.
There were 443 female babies and 266 male babies born in 2022 named Murphy, according to the SSA.
According to the Bump, Murphy is a gender-neutral name of Gaelic origin that means βwarrior of the sea.β
The Bump says the name has been popularized by Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, 47, and Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy, 63, and it can be a nod to Murphyβs Law: βAnything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time.β
Also, donβt forget about Murphy Brown.
Four years ago on Reddit, a parent wondered if Murphy or Murph as a boyβs name is βas cool as I think it is in my headβ?
βI like Murphy much better,β one commenter confessed. βMurph feels like too much of a nickname and also reminds me of the sound I make before I vomit.β
βDefinitely not Murph β sounds unfinished to me or like βsmurf,’β another declared.
βMurph also made me think of retching before I read the other comment about it. Itβs not an attractive name,β a third proclaimed.