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
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 1,801 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,700since 1885
Myrna over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrna 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,434 | 81 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,197 | 110 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,202 | 104 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,027 | 130 | — | |
| 1976 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1975 | #984 | 125 | — | |
| 1974 | #798 | 169 | — | |
| 1973 | #947 | 127 | — | |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | — | |
| 1971 | #836 | 164 | — | |
| 1970 | #848 | 159 | — | |
| 1969 | #742 | 187 | — | |
| 1968 | #801 | 158 | — | |
| 1967 | #705 | 192 | — | |
| 1966 | #675 | 207 | — | |
| 1965 | #640 | 234 | — | |
| 1964 | #579 | 291 | — | |
| 1963 | #559 | 306 | — | |
| 1962 | #534 | 335 | — | |
| 1961 | #522 | 347 | — | |
| 1960 | #503 | 373 | — | |
| 1959 | #482 | 403 | — | |
| 1958 | #469 | 411 | — | |
| 1957 | #457 | 431 | — | |
| 1956 | #430 | 452 | — | |
| 1955 | #427 | 429 | — | |
| 1954 | #449 | 384 | — | |
| 1953 | #440 | 388 | — | |
| 1952 | #453 | 362 | — | |
| 1951 | #371 | 478 | — | |
| 1950 | #381 | 448 | — | |
| 1949 | #383 | 422 | — | |
| 1948 | #349 | 493 | — | |
| 1947 | #308 | 646 | — | |
| 1946 | #292 | 620 | — | |
| 1945 | #291 | 568 | — | |
| 1944 | #276 | 635 | — | |
| 1943 | #234 | 839 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #190 | 1,104 | — | |
| 1941 | #161 | 1,371 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #150 | 1,471 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #144 | 1,600 | — | |
| 1938 | #134 | 1,801 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #137 | 1,652 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #149 | 1,396 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #176 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1934 | #211 | 836 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #254 | 571 | — | |
| 1932 | #307 | 422 | — | |
| 1931 | #314 | 415 | — | |
| 1930 | #303 | 483 | — | |
| 1929 | #317 | 429 | — | |
| 1928 | #372 | 335 | — | |
| 1927 | #490 | 203 | — | |
| 1926 | #569 | 157 | — | |
| 1925 | #627 | 136 | — | |
| 1924 | #659 | 129 | — | |
| 1923 | #642 | 131 | — | |
| 1922 | #601 | 144 | — | |
| 1921 | #625 | 139 | — | |
| 1920 | #617 | 134 | — | |
| 1919 | #558 | 152 | — | |
| 1918 | #616 | 132 | — | |
| 1917 | #635 | 115 | — | |
| 1916 | #536 | 153 | — | |
| 1915 | #570 | 128 | — | |
| 1914 | #585 | 94 | — | |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 | — | |
| 1912 | #770 | 42 | — | |
| 1911 | #535 | 61 | — | |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #831 | 24 | — | |
| 1908 | #583 | 41 | — | |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 | — | |
| 1906 | #731 | 25 | — | |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 | — | |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 | — | |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1938 at #134 (1,801 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1894–1976
- Highest: 1 in 613 girls born in 1938 were named Myrna (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 32.3% of all girls named Myrna (10,235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #658 (1885) | #983 |
| 1890s | 112 | #812 (1894) | #982 |
| 1900s | 246 | #583 (1908) | #737 |
| 1910s | 967 | #535 (1911) | #628 |
| 1920s | 1,937 | #317 (1929) | #552 |
| 1930s | 10,235 | #134 (1938) | #213 |
| 1940s | 8,169 | #150 (1940) | #263 |
| 1950s | 4,186 | #371 (1951) | #436 |
| 1960s | 2,630 | #503 (1960) | #626 |
| 1970s | 1,361 | #798 (1974) | #972 |
| 1980s | 787 | #1,197 (1980) | #1,583 |
| 1990s | 507 | #1,933 (1991) | #2,605 |
| 2000s | 301 | #3,527 (2000) | #4,655 |
| 2010s | 174 | #5,834 (2013) | #6,950 |
| 2020s | 58 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 745 of them was named Myrna, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 172,868 of them was named Myrna, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,854Wood7
- #2,854Woodford7
- #2,854Zenas7
- #3,147Myrna6
- #3,147Abelino6
- #3,147Acey6
- #3,147Adair6
- #3,549Abdon5
- #3,549Adger5
- #3,549Adlai5
Tied with 401 names at #3,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.