Myrl

Where Myrl comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Myrl.

Myrl through the years
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #629
    24 babies named Myrl, its best rank.
  3. 1913
    Myrl Shoemaker born
    American politician
  4. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,592.
  5. 1953
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Myrl Shoemaker · American politician, 1913–1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.