Myrl
Last seen for girls in 1956 at #5,952 · Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
Given to girls 59.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1899 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,831since 1887
Myrl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
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| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,274 | 13 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #1,682 | 18 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #1,588 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #1,221 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #1,094 | 35 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,221 | 34 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,181 | 42 | #1,379 | 28 |
| 1925 | #996 | 56 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #929 | 67 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1922 | #939 | 62 | #1,367 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,035 | 53 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #787 | 84 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #984 | 53 | #1,159 | 36 |
| 1918 | #832 | 74 | #1,094 | 39 |
| 1917 | #904 | 58 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #737 | 84 | #964 | 44 |
| 1915 | #927 | 51 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #810 | 42 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #868 | 33 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #896 | 23 | — | |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | — | |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 | — | |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | — | |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | — | |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #813 | 16 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Myrl! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Myrl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1956
- Biggest jump: 455 spots in 1892 (#1,093 → #638)
- Biggest drop: 385 spots in 1893 (#638 → #1,023)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1899 at #629 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1894–1920
- Highest: 1 in 9,709 girls born in 1899 were named Myrl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 401,541 girls born in 1956 (0.00%)
- 31.0% of all girls named Myrl (567) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1952, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,187 |
| 1890s | 144 | #629 (1899) | #851 |
| 1900s | 212 | #683 (1905) | #799 |
| 1910s | 487 | #737 (1916) | #868 |
| 1920s | 567 | #787 (1920) | #1,011 |
| 1930s | 237 | #1,221 (1934) | #1,651 |
| 1940s | 131 | #1,994 (1943) | #2,790 |
| 1950s | 37 | #3,552 (1952) | #4,554 |
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.
Myrl in 1904
Top girls' names in 1904
More about 1904
girls
275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 18,357 of them was named Myrl, which outranked 56.7% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).