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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 17,178 of them was named Myrle, which outranked 83.2% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 46,766 of them was named Myrle, which outranked 66.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,480Stan24
- #1,480Teddie24
- #1,480Wm24
- #1,523Myrle23
- #1,523Anson23
- #1,523Arie23
- #1,523Aubry23
- #1,564Adell22
- #1,564Agapito22
- #1,564Authur22
Tied with 40 names at #1,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.