Mirtie

Last seen for girls in 1942 at #4,622

Peak · girls
1884 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
236
since 1881

Mirtie over time

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Rank among girls' names. Mirtie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #686, 1884girls
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1942#4,6225
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1926#4,8515
1925#3,3629
1924#2,30816
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1922#3,15210
1921#2,94111
1920#4,9755
1919#3,2199
1918#3,8697
1917#4,5945
1916#3,9196
1915#3,7956
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1912#2,9795
1911#2,1916
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1909#2,2085
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1906#1,4168
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1904#1,8775
1903#1,5926
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1900#1,4318
1899#1,2787
1898#1,5026
1897#98211
1896#1,2927
1895#1,2028
1894#1,0619
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1892#1,4505
1891#1,0937
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1889#1,1476
1888
1887#1,1475
1886
1885#8427
1884#68610
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1881#7406
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Mirtie! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mirtie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1942
  • Biggest jump: 310 spots in 1897 (#1,292#982)
  • Biggest drop: 520 spots in 1898 (#982#1,502)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1884 at #686 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,902
  • Highest: 1 in 12,902 girls born in 1884 were named Mirtie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,144 girls born in 1942 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
  • 25.4% of all girls named Mirtie (60) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#686 (1884)#912
1890s60#982 (1897)#1,233
1900s32#1,416 (1906)#1,705
1910s44#2,191 (1911)#3,509
1920s56#2,308 (1924)#3,598
1930s5#4,181 (1936)#4,181
1940s5#4,622 (1942)#4,622

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mirtie in 1881

girls
#740
6 births · 1 in 15,326 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #740Mirtie6
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 15,326 of them was named Mirtie, which outranked 21.1% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mirtie
  1. #679Will7
  2. #679Zetta7
  3. #679Zillah7
  4. #740Mirtie6
  5. #740Aida6
  6. #740Albertine6
  7. #740Allene6
  8. #830Aggie5
  9. #830Alba5
  10. #830Aletha5

Tied with 89 names at #740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. 431Isa#836#405
  2. 389Opal#836#447
  3. 345Natalie#836#491
  4. 304Arvilla#738#434
  5. 304Lauretta#738#434
Fallers
  1. 381Avis#449#830
  2. 365Clementine#375#740
  3. 364Eleanore#466#830
  4. 364Lonnie#466#830
  5. 319Luvenia#421#740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881