Myra
#662 for girls in 2025, 429 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #5,332
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 83 births
- Debut · girls
- 83 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 63,916since 1880
Myra over time
Rank among girls' names. Myra has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #662 | 429 | — | |
| 2024 | #645 | 455 | — | |
| 2023 | #591 | 507 | — | |
| 2022 | #563 | 540 | — | |
| 2021 | #590 | 507 | — | |
| 2020 | #556 | 533 | — | |
| 2019 | #536 | 572 | — | |
| 2018 | #491 | 634 | — | |
| 2017 | #509 | 616 | — | |
| 2016 | #552 | 564 | — | |
| 2015 | #600 | 493 | — | |
| 2014 | #639 | 448 | — | |
| 2013 | #772 | 353 | — | |
| 2012 | #865 | 307 | — | |
| 2011 | #790 | 342 | — | |
| 2010 | #965 | 265 | — | |
| 2009 | #900 | 303 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,080 | 242 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,122 | 231 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,008 | 255 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,015 | 240 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,030 | 226 | — | |
| 2003 | #944 | 249 | — | |
| 2002 | #909 | 245 | — | |
| 2001 | #949 | 233 | — | |
| 2000 | #933 | 230 | — | |
| 1999 | #904 | 234 | — | |
| 1998 | #919 | 228 | — | |
| 1997 | #971 | 201 | — | |
| 1996 | #843 | 236 | — | |
| 1995 | #859 | 226 | — | |
| 1994 | #833 | 241 | — | |
| 1993 | #812 | 246 | — | |
| 1992 | #760 | 274 | — | |
| 1991 | #724 | 287 | — | |
| 1990 | #701 | 300 | — | |
| 1989 | #730 | 270 | — | |
| 1988 | #648 | 302 | — | |
| 1987 | #643 | 293 | — | |
| 1986 | #602 | 321 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #614 | 308 | — | |
| 1984 | #585 | 311 | — | |
| 1983 | #562 | 323 | — | |
| 1982 | #557 | 332 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #537 | 350 | — | |
| 1980 | #524 | 367 | — | |
| 1979 | #572 | 318 | — | |
| 1978 | #521 | 355 | — | |
| 1977 | #530 | 345 | — | |
| 1976 | #522 | 341 | — | |
| 1975 | #493 | 367 | — | |
| 1974 | #471 | 384 | — | |
| 1973 | #456 | 404 | — | |
| 1972 | #492 | 362 | — | |
| 1971 | #455 | 451 | — | |
| 1970 | #462 | 454 | — | |
| 1969 | #455 | 452 | — | |
| 1968 | #413 | 510 | — | |
| 1967 | #411 | 508 | — | |
| 1966 | #400 | 528 | — | |
| 1965 | #360 | 638 | — | |
| 1964 | #348 | 749 | — | |
| 1963 | #318 | 863 | — | |
| 1962 | #311 | 900 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #288 | 1,037 | — | |
| 1960 | #260 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1959 | #246 | 1,245 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #236 | 1,288 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #259 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1956 | #298 | 896 | — | |
| 1955 | #284 | 916 | — | |
| 1954 | #271 | 960 | — | |
| 1953 | #261 | 966 | — | |
| 1952 | #259 | 941 | — | |
| 1951 | #242 | 1,028 | — | |
| 1950 | #236 | 1,032 | — | |
| 1949 | #234 | 1,013 | — | |
| 1948 | #223 | 1,088 | — | |
| 1947 | #222 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1946 | #246 | 818 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #248 | 737 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #251 | 719 | — | |
| 1943 | #221 | 886 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #216 | 929 | — | |
| 1941 | #220 | 788 | — | |
| 1940 | #223 | 749 | — | |
| 1939 | #244 | 658 | — | |
| 1938 | #231 | 724 | — | |
| 1937 | #247 | 642 | — | |
| 1936 | #255 | 574 | — | |
| 1935 | #257 | 595 | — | |
| 1934 | #255 | 593 | — | |
| 1933 | #271 | 512 | — | |
| 1932 | #265 | 560 | — | |
| 1931 | #275 | 511 | — | |
| 1930 | #300 | 489 | — | |
| 1929 | #295 | 490 | — | |
| 1928 | #288 | 521 | — | |
| 1927 | #288 | 535 | — | |
| 1926 | #307 | 466 | — | |
| 1925 | #299 | 502 | — | |
| 1924 | #301 | 492 | — | |
| 1923 | #297 | 473 | — | |
| 1922 | #295 | 468 | — | |
| 1921 | #289 | 523 | — | |
| 1920 | #289 | 516 | — | |
| 1919 | #297 | 461 | — | |
| 1918 | #295 | 468 | — | |
| 1917 | #286 | 465 | — | |
| 1916 | #291 | 422 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #293 | 390 | — | |
| 1914 | #293 | 322 | — | |
| 1913 | #266 | 305 | — | |
| 1912 | #301 | 224 | — | |
| 1911 | #286 | 186 | — | |
| 1910 | #309 | 155 | — | |
| 1909 | #297 | 144 | — | |
| 1908 | #290 | 148 | — | |
| 1907 | #293 | 142 | — | |
| 1906 | #281 | 139 | — | |
| 1905 | #297 | 126 | — | |
| 1904 | #296 | 119 | — | |
| 1903 | #274 | 128 | — | |
| 1902 | #268 | 136 | — | |
| 1901 | #278 | 115 | — | |
| 1900 | #253 | 164 | — | |
| 1899 | #267 | 115 | — | |
| 1898 | #248 | 143 | — | |
| 1897 | #239 | 138 | — | |
| 1896 | #220 | 158 | — | |
| 1895 | #244 | 127 | — | |
| 1894 | #218 | 148 | — | |
| 1893 | #245 | 117 | — | |
| 1892 | #247 | 113 | — | |
| 1891 | #227 | 113 | — | |
| 1890 | #208 | 133 | — | |
| 1889 | #208 | 121 | — | |
| 1888 | #193 | 134 | — | |
| 1887 | #211 | 95 | — | |
| 1886 | #201 | 96 | — | |
| 1885 | #215 | 84 | — | |
| 1884 | #181 | 98 | — | |
| 1883 | #186 | 81 | — | |
| 1882 | #170 | 89 | — | |
| 1881 | #177 | 72 | — | |
| 1880 | #156 | 83 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Myra was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 99 girls a year got the name.
See more about Myra
- 17 spots since 2024 (#645 → #662)
- 106 spots since 2020 (#556 → #662)
- 62 spots since 2015 (#600 → #662)
- Biggest jump: 180 spots in 2009 (#1,080 → #900)
- Biggest drop: 128 spots in 1997 (#843 → #971)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #156 (83 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–2003
- Highest: 1 in 1,096 girls born in 1880 were named Myra (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,747 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 16.2% of all girls named Myra (10,378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 953 | #156 (1880) | #190 |
| 1890s | 1,305 | #208 (1890) | #236 |
| 1900s | 1,361 | #253 (1900) | #283 |
| 1910s | 3,398 | #266 (1913) | #292 |
| 1920s | 4,986 | #288 (1927) | #295 |
| 1930s | 5,858 | #231 (1938) | #260 |
| 1940s | 8,868 | #216 (1942) | #230 |
| 1950s | 10,378 | #236 (1958) | #259 |
| 1960s | 7,359 | #260 (1960) | #356 |
| 1970s | 3,781 | #455 (1971) | #497 |
| 1980s | 3,177 | #524 (1980) | #600 |
| 1990s | 2,473 | #701 (1990) | #833 |
| 2000s | 2,454 | #900 (2009) | #989 |
| 2010s | 4,594 | #491 (2018) | #672 |
| 2020s | 2,971 | #556 (2020) | #601 |
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.
Myra in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 1,774 of them was named Myra, which outranked 95.3% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 269,171 of them was named Myra, which outranked 11.8% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 445 names at #3,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.