Myrtle
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 1,818 births
- Debut · girls
- 615 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 136,486since 1880
Myrtle over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,625 | 57 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,279 | 74 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,147 | 85 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,129 | 88 | — | |
| 1965 | #944 | 117 | — | |
| 1964 | #997 | 115 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,016 | 110 | — | |
| 1962 | #871 | 145 | — | |
| 1961 | #768 | 186 | — | |
| 1960 | #769 | 175 | — | |
| 1959 | #753 | 182 | — | |
| 1958 | #704 | 196 | — | |
| 1957 | #648 | 229 | — | |
| 1956 | #589 | 257 | — | |
| 1955 | #519 | 316 | — | |
| 1954 | #490 | 325 | — | |
| 1953 | #442 | 378 | — | |
| 1952 | #450 | 366 | — | |
| 1951 | #418 | 397 | — | |
| 1950 | #375 | 460 | — | |
| 1949 | #339 | 523 | — | |
| 1948 | #336 | 537 | — | |
| 1947 | #319 | 596 | — | |
| 1946 | #308 | 571 | — | |
| 1945 | #277 | 621 | — | |
| 1944 | #262 | 686 | — | |
| 1943 | #232 | 843 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #218 | 911 | — | |
| 1941 | #194 | 966 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #184 | 1,020 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #179 | 1,064 | — | |
| 1938 | #182 | 1,114 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #169 | 1,194 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #160 | 1,240 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #153 | 1,312 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #141 | 1,435 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #142 | 1,398 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #135 | 1,669 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #134 | 1,711 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #123 | 1,997 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #117 | 2,126 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #116 | 2,243 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #109 | 2,550 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #101 | 2,756 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #95 | 2,980 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #89 | 3,205 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #84 | 3,314 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #75 | 3,649 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #73 | 3,791 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #68 | 3,955 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #67 | 3,816 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #62 | 4,076 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #58 | 4,046 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #58 | 3,960 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #58 | 3,865 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #60 | 3,049 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #53 | 2,843 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #50 | 2,599 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #50 | 2,033 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #43 | 2,145 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #43 | 1,950 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #43 | 1,952 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #39 | 1,929 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #37 | 1,921 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #33 | 2,026 | — | |
| 1904 | #34 | 1,905 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #29 | 1,980 | #595 | 14 |
| 1902 | #32 | 1,884 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #28 | 1,892 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #32 | 2,252 | — | |
| 1899 | #30 | 1,821 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #29 | 2,090 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #29 | 1,833 | — | |
| 1896 | #30 | 1,928 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #28 | 1,938 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #27 | 1,818 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #29 | 1,759 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #32 | 1,666 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #31 | 1,458 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #34 | 1,406 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #33 | 1,361 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #35 | 1,310 | — | |
| 1887 | #36 | 1,087 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #35 | 1,094 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #34 | 1,026 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #34 | 979 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #37 | 851 | — | |
| 1882 | #38 | 803 | — | |
| 1881 | #37 | 643 | — | |
| 1880 | #40 | 615 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Myrtle was already there! It came in at #40, and was given to 615 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Myrtle
- Biggest jump: 53 spots in 1965 (#997 → #944)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1966 (#944 → #1,129)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #27 (1,818 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1880–1925
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Highest: 1 in 121 girls born in 1895 were named Myrtle (0.83%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #27 in 1894, was only 1 in 123 (0.82%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all girls named Myrtle (32,432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,769 | #33 (1889) | #36 |
| 1890s | 17,717 | #27 (1894) | #30 |
| 1900s | 19,691 | #28 (1901) | #35 |
| 1910s | 32,432 | #43 (1910) | #56 |
| 1920s | 30,569 | #68 (1920) | #93 |
| 1930s | 14,134 | #123 (1930) | #152 |
| 1940s | 7,274 | #184 (1940) | #267 |
| 1950s | 3,106 | #375 (1950) | #539 |
| 1960s | 1,166 | #768 (1961) | #1,028 |
| 1970s | 356 | #1,625 (1971) | #2,449 |
| 1980s | 153 | #3,134 (1980) | #5,439 |
| 1990s | 62 | #8,588 (1991) | #9,923 |
| 2000s | 6 | #14,502 (2005) | #14,502 |
| 2010s | 31 | #8,597 (2019) | #13,079 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,917 (2025) | #12,657 |
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.
Myrtle in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
Top boys' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 123 of them was named Myrtle, which outranked 98.4% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 19,295 of them was named Myrtle, which outranked 23.0% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).