Myrtice
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,342since 1881
Myrtice over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrtice has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
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| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,188 | 44 |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,076 | 53 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #963 | 55 |
| 1939 | #824 | 70 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 |
| 1937 | #862 | 64 |
| 1936 | #827 | 66 |
| 1935 | #884 | 61 |
| 1934 | #728 | 84 |
| 1933 | #751 | 77 |
| 1932 | #678 | 99 |
| 1931 | #717 | 88 |
| 1930 | #824 | 74 |
| 1929 | #683 | 105 |
| 1928 | #642 | 120 |
| 1927 | #632 | 127 |
| 1926 | #627 | 130 |
| 1925 | #616 | 141 |
| 1924 | #614 | 149 |
| 1923 | #662 | 126 |
| 1922 | #624 | 139 |
| 1921 | #603 | 144 |
| 1920 | #636 | 128 |
| 1919 | #608 | 133 |
| 1918 | #578 | 152 |
| 1917 | #592 | 133 |
| 1916 | #593 | 128 |
| 1915 | #622 | 112 |
| 1914 | #629 | 84 |
| 1913 | #544 | 87 |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 |
| 1911 | #535 | 61 |
| 1910 | #576 | 51 |
| 1909 | #587 | 43 |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 |
| 1907 | #529 | 46 |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 |
| 1898 | #610 | 28 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Myrtice! It came in at #623, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Myrtice is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#118 · 1 in 495
- Florida#224 · 1 in 1,133
- Alabama#303 · 1 in 2,358
Best ever in a state: #104 in Georgia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #118 | 66 | 1 in 495 |
| Florida | #224 | 14 | 1 in 1,133 |
| Alabama | #303 | 14 | 1 in 2,358 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Myrtice
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1896 (#986 → #688)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1903 (#623 → #836)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1907 at #529 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1894–1940
- Highest: 1 in 6,858 girls born in 1911 were named Myrtice (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #529 in 1907, was only 1 in 6,925 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.1% of all girls named Myrtice (1,309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #623 (1881) | #956 |
| 1890s | 144 | #610 (1898) | #937 |
| 1900s | 303 | #529 (1907) | #671 |
| 1910s | 1,000 | #535 (1911) | #593 |
| 1920s | 1,309 | #603 (1921) | #634 |
| 1930s | 746 | #678 (1932) | #799 |
| 1940s | 423 | #963 (1940) | #1,294 |
| 1950s | 256 | #1,583 (1951) | #2,301 |
| 1960s | 100 | #2,839 (1961) | #4,040 |
| 1970s | 12 | #6,619 (1971) | #7,307 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,411 |
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.
Myrtice in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
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1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 9,389 of them was named Myrtice, which outranked 88.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #629Darline129
- #629Noreen129
- #631Lynn128
- #632Myrtice127
- #632Felicia127
- #632Gertie127
- #632Jeane127
- #638Gearldine126
- #638Leslie126
- #638Mina126
Tied with 5 names at #632; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.