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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #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 1929

girls
#2,191
15 births · 1 in 74,437 girls
boys
#200
657 births · 1 in 1,637 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #2,191Myron15

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #200Myron657
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 74,437 of them was named Myron, which outranked 58.5% 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).

Ranked beside Myron
  1. #2,098Ysabel16
  2. #2,098Yukie16
  3. #2,098Yuriko16
  4. #2,191Myron15
  5. #2,191Adda15
  6. #2,191Agness15
  7. #2,191Angelene15
  8. #2,301Adrian14
  9. #2,301Aggie14
  10. #2,301Alfretta14

Tied with 109 names at #2,191; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 1,637 of them was named Myron, which outranked 95.6% 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).

Ranked beside Myron
  1. #197Marshall694
  2. #198Ramon693
  3. #199Wilbert684
  4. #200Myron657
  5. #201Ira654
  6. #202Ivan652
  7. #203Jacob647
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929