Myron

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #9,307 · #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1931 · 680 births
Debut · boys
42 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
45,369
since 1880

Myron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Myron has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #192, 1931boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,644102
2024#1,68599
2023#1,94180
2022#1,678102
2021#1,74093
2020#1,67994
2019#1,523111
2018#1,443121
2017#1,449118
2016#1,563105
2015#1,567103
2014#1,465111
2013#1,387121
2012#1,448114
2011#1,404118
2010#1,299132
2009#1,381123
2008#1,303133
2007#1,237142
2006#1,121155
2005#1,307116
2004#1,114142
2003#1,181126
2002#1,079139
2001#1,007150
2000#921167
1999#905165
1998#807189
1997#814180
1996#849164
1995#883153
1994#761192
1993#743197
1992#680232
1991#670229
1990#679222
1989#618255
1988#578254
1987#591235
1986#555257
1985#9,3076#536264
1984#492292
1983#498287
1982#8,2247#520268
1981#475308
1980#10,3925#478309
1979#440336
1978#8,5626#460303
1977#6,8928#433337
1976#419343
1975#7,1737#404363
1974#385406
1973#7,4356#413357
1972#8,2925#406377
1971#7,3886#390426
1970#7,9955#408399
1969#7,4715#382418
1968#6,2466#370446
1967#5,4577#369409
1966#6,5645#373414
1965#3,95211#341498
1964#4,09611#326575
1963#5,2967#311643
1962#5,2937#306644
1961#300663
1960#3,92011#315613
1959#5,0317#314611
1958#6,1035#316582
1957#4,5368#290659
1956#4,1619#275710
1955#3,37712#290610
1954#280635
1953#3,48011#275640
1952#2,67116#266662
1951#260663
1950#3,05212#294531
1949#3,8928#296517
1948#3,8838#304518
1947#3,44810#296543
1946#3,6658#273552
1945#265491
1944#248542
1943#2,69512#245575
1942#2,31115#232599
1941#214623
1940#2,42412#219567
1939#3,7826#217560
1938#3,8476#211580
1937#231513
1936#3,7016#227501
1935#3,7426#206585
1934#3,8026#211576
1933#3,1098#209561
1932#3,9016#208620
1931#3,8486#192680
1930#2,30614#194713
1929#2,19115#200657
1928#3,1649#204667
1927#3,2849#208654
1926#2,87211#222609
1925#2,77812#224593
1924#220608
1923#4,9675#213603
1922#3,15210#234561
1921#4,4646#216612
1920#2,89911#229548
1919#223546
1918#4,2916#208609
1917#4,5945#223489
1916#3,9196#214514
1915#4,2745#215484
1914#218366
1913#3,1875#227276
1912#227231
1911#251104
1910#30465
1909#29659
1908#29355
1907#31346
1906#27352
1905#31142
1904#25756
1903#29043
1902#32636
1901#25944
1900#25663
1899#29435
1898#28840
1897#27942
1896#33831
1895#31034
1894#38723
1893#29235
1892#32033
1891#26936
1890#34526
1889#28834
1888#31432
1887#31128
1886#32128
1885#38821
1884#37522
1883#35922
1882#34726
1881#29629
1880#25842
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Myron was already there! It came in at #258, and was given to 42 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 30 boys a year got the name.

See more about Myron
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#1,685#1,644)
  • 35 spots since 2020 (#1,679#1,644)
  • 77 spots since 2015 (#1,567#1,644)
  • Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1895 (#387#310)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 1995 (#761#883)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1931 at #192 (680 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 121 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,529
  • Highest: 1 in 1,529 boys born in 1931 were named Myron (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 13.9% of all boys named Myron (6,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s284#258 (1880)#326
1890s335#269 (1891)#312
1900s496#256 (1900)#287
1910s3,684#208 (1918)#231
1920s6,112#200 (1929)#217
1930s5,889#192 (1931)#211
1940s5,527#214 (1941)#259
1950s6,303#260 (1951)#286
1960s5,323#300 (1961)#339
1970s3,647#385 (1974)#416
1980s2,729#475 (1981)#534
1990s1,923#670 (1991)#779
2000s1,393#921 (2000)#1,165
2010s1,154#1,299 (2010)#1,455
2020s570#1,644 (2025)#1,728

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Myron in 1915

girls
#4,274
5 births · 1 in 196,770 girls
boys
#215
484 births · 1 in 1,753 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #4,274Myron5

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #215Myron484
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 196,770 of them was named Myron, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Myron
  1. #3,795Zillah6
  2. #3,795Zillie6
  3. #3,795Zorka6
  4. #4,274Myron5
  5. #4,274Aagot5
  6. #4,274Achsah5
  7. #4,274Adabelle5

Tied with 693 names at #4,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 1,753 of them was named Myron, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Myron
  1. #212Gene493
  2. #213Wendell490
  3. #214Percy488
  4. #215Myron484
  5. #216Owen479
  6. #217Grover478
  7. #217Perry478
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915