Myrna

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122 · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 1,801 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
31,700
since 1885

Myrna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Myrna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #134, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#11,1228
2023#8,98911
2022#9,05611
2021#8,97811
2020#6,62917
2019#6,17619
2018#7,10016
2017#7,84014
2016#7,23016
2015#8,00814
2014#7,63615
2013#5,83422
2012#5,89522
2011#6,56419
2010#7,21717
2009#5,89123
2008#5,57425
2007#6,81219
2006#4,81129
2005#4,26732
2004#4,17233
2003#4,03433
2002#3,59537
2001#3,86433
2000#3,52737
1999#3,14841
1998#3,17339
1997#3,36534
1996#2,55849
1995#2,78843
1994#2,38154
1993#2,45151
1992#2,15662
1991#1,93372
1990#2,10162
1989#2,02762
1988#1,73873
1987#1,83863
1986#1,75166
1985#1,68069
1984#1,44680
1983#1,43481
1982#1,30896
1981#1,40687
1980#1,197110
1979#1,270100
1978#1,202104
1977#1,027130
1976#949134
1975#984125
1974#798169
1973#947127
1972#863149
1971#836164
1970#848159
1969#742187
1968#801158
1967#705192
1966#675207
1965#640234
1964#579291
1963#559306
1962#534335
1961#522347
1960#503373
1959#482403
1958#469411
1957#457431
1956#430452
1955#427429
1954#449384
1953#440388
1952#453362
1951#371478
1950#381448
1949#383422
1948#349493
1947#308646
1946#292620
1945#291568
1944#276635
1943#234839#3,5385
1942#1901,104
1941#1611,371#3,5055
1940#1501,471#2,8717
1939#1441,600
1938#1341,801#2,8687
1937#1371,652#3,1756
1936#1491,396#3,1476
1935#1761,059
1934#211836#3,2776
1933#254571
1932#307422
1931#314415
1930#303483
1929#317429
1928#372335
1927#490203
1926#569157
1925#627136
1924#659129
1923#642131
1922#601144
1921#625139
1920#617134
1919#558152
1918#616132
1917#635115
1916#536153
1915#570128
1914#58594
1913#65962
1912#77042
1911#53561
1910#81228
1909#83124
1908#58341
1907#81921
1906#73125
1905#82520
1904#77321
1903#71222
1902#77320
1901#68422
1900#63930
1899#83515
1898#92014
1897#86714
1896#84315
1895#98611
1894#81214
1893#1,0918
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0068
1890#1,0068
1889#1,2795
1888#9598
1887#1,0366
1886
1885#65811
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Myrna! It came in at #658, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Myrna
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1894 (#1,091#812)
  • Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1889 (#959#1,279)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1938 at #134 (1,801 births)
  • Births halved by 1943, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1894–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 613
  • Highest: 1 in 613 girls born in 1938 were named Myrna (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Myrna (10,235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#658 (1885)#983
1890s112#812 (1894)#982
1900s246#583 (1908)#737
1910s967#535 (1911)#628
1920s1,937#317 (1929)#552
1930s10,235#134 (1938)#213
1940s8,169#150 (1940)#263
1950s4,186#371 (1951)#436
1960s2,630#503 (1960)#626
1970s1,361#798 (1974)#972
1980s787#1,197 (1980)#1,583
1990s507#1,933 (1991)#2,605
2000s301#3,527 (2000)#4,655
2010s174#5,834 (2013)#6,950
2020s58#6,629 (2020)#8,955

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.

Myrna in 1905

girls
#825
20 births · 1 in 14,581 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #825Myrna20
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 14,581 of them was named Myrna, which outranked 63.1% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Myrna
  1. #797Sydney21
  2. #797Versie21
  3. #797Zena21
  4. #825Myrna20
  5. #825Angelita20
  6. #825Concepcion20
  7. #825Corean20
  8. #848Alvena19
  9. #848Arrie19
  10. #848Aurore19

Tied with 22 names at #825; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. 1,052Orma#1,877#825
  2. 951Doretha#1,877#926
  3. 909Doshie#1,877#968
  4. 862Sydney#1,659#797
  5. 834Dulcie#1,659#825
Fallers
  1. 1,126Luberta#805#1,931
  2. 966Diane#965#1,931
  3. 966Pearly#965#1,931
  4. 843Melinda#853#1,696
  5. 765Izora#773#1,538

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

See the top 100 for 1905