Myrtis
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #4,201
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1912 · 105 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,121since 1882
Myrtis over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrtis has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
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| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,548 | 47 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,185 | 64 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,215 | 58 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,241 | 55 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,174 | 60 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 | — | |
| 1946 | #922 | 82 | — | |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 | — | |
| 1944 | #881 | 75 | — | |
| 1943 | #856 | 83 | — | |
| 1942 | #804 | 90 | — | |
| 1941 | #821 | 77 | — | |
| 1940 | #734 | 89 | — | |
| 1939 | #693 | 97 | — | |
| 1938 | #678 | 103 | — | |
| 1937 | #704 | 94 | — | |
| 1936 | #595 | 123 | — | |
| 1935 | #629 | 107 | — | |
| 1934 | #653 | 105 | — | |
| 1933 | #629 | 108 | — | |
| 1932 | #634 | 111 | — | |
| 1931 | #617 | 116 | — | |
| 1930 | #634 | 119 | — | |
| 1929 | #593 | 132 | — | |
| 1928 | #583 | 146 | — | |
| 1927 | #614 | 135 | — | |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #529 | 182 | — | |
| 1924 | #548 | 176 | — | |
| 1923 | #590 | 150 | — | |
| 1922 | #596 | 145 | — | |
| 1921 | #469 | 216 | — | |
| 1920 | #555 | 166 | — | |
| 1919 | #543 | 160 | — | |
| 1918 | #578 | 152 | — | |
| 1917 | #532 | 158 | — | |
| 1916 | #541 | 151 | — | |
| 1915 | #541 | 138 | — | |
| 1914 | #536 | 108 | — | |
| 1913 | #506 | 101 | — | |
| 1912 | #464 | 105 | — | |
| 1911 | #548 | 59 | — | |
| 1910 | #480 | 71 | — | |
| 1909 | #509 | 54 | — | |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 | — | |
| 1907 | #489 | 53 | — | |
| 1906 | #509 | 46 | — | |
| 1905 | #485 | 49 | — | |
| 1904 | #511 | 41 | — | |
| 1903 | #514 | 39 | — | |
| 1902 | #502 | 40 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | — | |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | — | |
| 1897 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 | — | |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 | — | |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Myrtis! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Myrtis is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#158 · 1 in 678
- South Carolina#206 · 1 in 1,290
- Louisiana#210 · 1 in 993
- Alabama#233 · 1 in 1,414
- Florida#267 · 1 in 1,674
Best ever in a state: #103 in Mississippi, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #158 | 35 | 1 in 678 |
| South Carolina | #206 | 17 | 1 in 1,290 |
| Louisiana | #210 | 24 | 1 in 993 |
| Alabama | #233 | 23 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Florida | #267 | 10 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Georgia | #280 | 15 | 1 in 2,115 |
| Arkansas | #428 | 6 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Tennessee | #485 | 5 | 1 in 5,431 |
| Texas | #608 | 11 | 1 in 5,436 |
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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 Myrtis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1891 (#872 → #695)
- Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1893 (#554 → #826)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1912 at #464 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1886–1946
- Highest: 1 in 5,315 girls born in 1912 were named Myrtis (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
- 26.3% of all girls named Myrtis (1,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | #657 (1889) | #770 |
| 1890s | 202 | #530 (1897) | #685 |
| 1900s | 428 | #485 (1905) | #526 |
| 1910s | 1,203 | #464 (1912) | #527 |
| 1920s | 1,612 | #469 (1921) | #562 |
| 1930s | 1,083 | #595 (1936) | #647 |
| 1940s | 753 | #734 (1940) | #935 |
| 1950s | 500 | #1,185 (1952) | #1,454 |
| 1960s | 187 | #2,150 (1960) | #3,231 |
| 1970s | 66 | #4,038 (1970) | #6,658 |
| 1980s | 28 | #6,371 (1982) | #8,882 |
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.
Myrtis in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 7,228 of them was named Myrtis, which outranked 90.3% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #544Hellen166
- #544Stephanie166
- #544Veda166
- #547Myrtis164
- #547Ava164
- #547Kate164
- #547Louisa164
- #554Alvina163
- #554Fanny163
- #554Lucinda163
Tied with 6 names at #547; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 222,101 of them was named Myrtis, which outranked 13.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 636 names at #4,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.