Myrle
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #5,293 · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,537
Given to girls 77.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1897 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,405since 1884
Myrle 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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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #3,552 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,062 | 43 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 45 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #886 | 65 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #947 | 62 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #976 | 61 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #893 | 69 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #888 | 72 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #889 | 68 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #897 | 66 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #809 | 82 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1920 | #845 | 73 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1919 | #800 | 77 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #731 | 96 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #753 | 85 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #761 | 81 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #667 | 98 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #710 | 66 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #867 | 37 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #763 | 43 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #754 | 33 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #831 | 27 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #664 | 34 | — | |
| 1907 | #871 | 19 | — | |
| 1906 | #765 | 23 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 | — | |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 | — | |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 | — | |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 | — | |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Myrle! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Myrle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
- Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1893 (#1,017 → #662)
- Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1889 (#753 → #1,025)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1897 at #627 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 51 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1893–1929
- Highest: 1 in 9,758 girls born in 1897 were named Myrle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 280,943 girls born in 1962 (0.00%)
- 28.4% of all girls named Myrle (684) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1962, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #753 (1888) | #966 |
| 1890s | 172 | #627 (1897) | #758 |
| 1900s | 243 | #664 (1908) | #738 |
| 1910s | 643 | #667 (1915) | #764 |
| 1920s | 684 | #809 (1921) | #894 |
| 1930s | 358 | #1,056 (1932) | #1,241 |
| 1940s | 186 | #1,501 (1941) | #2,211 |
| 1950s | 71 | #2,909 (1950) | #4,298 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,293 (1962) | #5,930 |
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.
Myrle in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
More about 1897
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234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 9,758 of them was named Myrle, which outranked 65.1% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #615Marvel25
- #615Valeria25
- #615Zetta25
- #627Myrle24
- #627Albertine24
- #627Alfreda24
- #627Amalia24
- #644Almira23
- #644Berenice23
- #644Charlie23
Tied with 16 names at #627; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.