Myrta
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 960since 1880
Myrta over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Myrta was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Myrta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1896 (#1,123 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 848 spots in 1897 (#707 → #1,555)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #389 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1880–1893
- Highest: 1 in 5,105 girls born in 1883 were named Myrta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #389 in 1882, was only 1 in 5,136 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.0% of all girls named Myrta (182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 182 | #389 (1882) | #489 |
| 1890s | 102 | #707 (1896) | #1,070 |
| 1900s | 45 | #1,364 (1904) | #1,706 |
| 1910s | 104 | #1,708 (1917) | #2,347 |
| 1920s | 168 | #1,765 (1921) | #2,227 |
| 1930s | 92 | #2,105 (1931) | #2,854 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,572 (1940) | #3,354 |
| 1950s | 75 | #3,150 (1957) | #4,095 |
| 1960s | 71 | #4,198 (1966) | #5,166 |
| 1970s | 27 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,977 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,128 (1981) | #9,325 |
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.
Myrta in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
More about 1897
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234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 46,840 of them was named Myrta, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 244 names at #1,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.