Myers

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Peak · boys
#2,063
1919 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1913
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
697
since 1913

Myers over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,063, 1919girlsat peakboys
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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#8,86011#3,65830
2024#7,59414#3,33535
2023#11,1698#3,47433
2022#12,2437#4,85020
2021#10,2929#4,49422
2020#13,4536#4,85519
2019#13,7996#3,79428
2018#15,6825#3,99326
2017#11,6158#5,52616
2016#12,8767#4,09825
2015#16,4195#5,28917
2014#16,5135#7,04811
2013#14,5826#6,60312
2012—#8,1589
2011—#12,2875
2010—#9,6937
2009—#7,23611
2008—#8,3249
2007—#12,3675
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2005—#10,1516
2004—#8,9277
2003—#8,6437
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2000—#9,1126
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1992—#7,4226
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1990—#8,1175
1989—#7,9055
1988—#7,2705
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1965—#3,9305
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1958—#3,9445
1957—#3,9935
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1955—#2,9648
1954—#2,31612
1953—#3,7985
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1951—#3,7145
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1949—#3,6905
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1947—#3,7335
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1945—#2,3939
1944—#2,8627
1943—#3,2316
1942—#2,9407
1941—#2,33310
1940—#3,1306
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1938—#2,8687
1937—#3,1756
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1935—#2,5299
1934—#2,9737
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1932—#2,8498
1931—#2,6519
1930—#3,0228
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1928—#2,65910
1927—#3,7806
1926—#4,2015
1925—#2,75510
1924—#2,47312
1923—#2,77210
1922—#2,48612
1921—#3,8696
1920—#2,45912
1919—#2,06315
1918—#2,39812
1917—#2,28012
1916—#2,38911
1915—#2,6219
1914—#2,6517
1913—#2,2737
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Myers! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1929, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Myers is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,277 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,294 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Myers, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#1,277 · 1 in 10,294
  2. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #1,205 in North Carolina, 2020.

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StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#1,27751 in 10,294
Texas#2,57451 in 35,010
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Myers
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 323 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,658)
  • 1,197 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #3,658)
  • 1,631 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #3,658)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1919 at #2,063 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1921, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 49,225
  • Highest: 1 in 49,225 boys born in 2024 were named Myers (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,063 in 1919, was only 1 in 65,341 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 22.8% of all boys named Myers (159) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s73#2,063 (1919)#2,382
1920s83#2,459 (1920)#3,050
1930s54#2,529 (1935)#2,867
1940s55#2,333 (1941)#3,039
1950s40#2,316 (1954)#3,455
1960s5#3,930 (1965)#3,930
1970s0——
1980s10#7,270 (1988)#7,588
1990s11#7,422 (1992)#7,770
2000s51#7,236 (2009)#9,251
2010s156#3,794 (2019)#6,649
2020s159#3,335 (2024)#4,111

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.

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