Myrna
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122 · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 1,801 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,700since 1885
Myrna over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrna has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,751 | 66 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,434 | 81 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,197 | 110 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,202 | 104 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,027 | 130 | — | |
| 1976 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1975 | #984 | 125 | — | |
| 1974 | #798 | 169 | — | |
| 1973 | #947 | 127 | — | |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | — | |
| 1971 | #836 | 164 | — | |
| 1970 | #848 | 159 | — | |
| 1969 | #742 | 187 | — | |
| 1968 | #801 | 158 | — | |
| 1967 | #705 | 192 | — | |
| 1966 | #675 | 207 | — | |
| 1965 | #640 | 234 | — | |
| 1964 | #579 | 291 | — | |
| 1963 | #559 | 306 | — | |
| 1962 | #534 | 335 | — | |
| 1961 | #522 | 347 | — | |
| 1960 | #503 | 373 | — | |
| 1959 | #482 | 403 | — | |
| 1958 | #469 | 411 | — | |
| 1957 | #457 | 431 | — | |
| 1956 | #430 | 452 | — | |
| 1955 | #427 | 429 | — | |
| 1954 | #449 | 384 | — | |
| 1953 | #440 | 388 | — | |
| 1952 | #453 | 362 | — | |
| 1951 | #371 | 478 | — | |
| 1950 | #381 | 448 | — | |
| 1949 | #383 | 422 | — | |
| 1948 | #349 | 493 | — | |
| 1947 | #308 | 646 | — | |
| 1946 | #292 | 620 | — | |
| 1945 | #291 | 568 | — | |
| 1944 | #276 | 635 | — | |
| 1943 | #234 | 839 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #190 | 1,104 | — | |
| 1941 | #161 | 1,371 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #150 | 1,471 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #144 | 1,600 | — | |
| 1938 | #134 | 1,801 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #137 | 1,652 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #149 | 1,396 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #176 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1934 | #211 | 836 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #254 | 571 | — | |
| 1932 | #307 | 422 | — | |
| 1931 | #314 | 415 | — | |
| 1930 | #303 | 483 | — | |
| 1929 | #317 | 429 | — | |
| 1928 | #372 | 335 | — | |
| 1927 | #490 | 203 | — | |
| 1926 | #569 | 157 | — | |
| 1925 | #627 | 136 | — | |
| 1924 | #659 | 129 | — | |
| 1923 | #642 | 131 | — | |
| 1922 | #601 | 144 | — | |
| 1921 | #625 | 139 | — | |
| 1920 | #617 | 134 | — | |
| 1919 | #558 | 152 | — | |
| 1918 | #616 | 132 | — | |
| 1917 | #635 | 115 | — | |
| 1916 | #536 | 153 | — | |
| 1915 | #570 | 128 | — | |
| 1914 | #585 | 94 | — | |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 | — | |
| 1912 | #770 | 42 | — | |
| 1911 | #535 | 61 | — | |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #831 | 24 | — | |
| 1908 | #583 | 41 | — | |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 | — | |
| 1906 | #731 | 25 | — | |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 | — | |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 | — | |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #658 | 11 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Myrna! It came in at #658, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Myrna is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Myrna
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1894 (#1,091 → #812)
- Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1889 (#959 → #1,279)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1938 at #134 (1,801 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1894–1976
- Highest: 1 in 613 girls born in 1938 were named Myrna (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 32.3% of all girls named Myrna (10,235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #658 (1885) | #983 |
| 1890s | 112 | #812 (1894) | #982 |
| 1900s | 246 | #583 (1908) | #737 |
| 1910s | 967 | #535 (1911) | #628 |
| 1920s | 1,937 | #317 (1929) | #552 |
| 1930s | 10,235 | #134 (1938) | #213 |
| 1940s | 8,169 | #150 (1940) | #263 |
| 1950s | 4,186 | #371 (1951) | #436 |
| 1960s | 2,630 | #503 (1960) | #626 |
| 1970s | 1,361 | #798 (1974) | #972 |
| 1980s | 787 | #1,197 (1980) | #1,583 |
| 1990s | 507 | #1,933 (1991) | #2,605 |
| 2000s | 301 | #3,527 (2000) | #4,655 |
| 2010s | 174 | #5,834 (2013) | #6,950 |
| 2020s | 58 | #6,629 (2020) | #8,955 |
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.
Myrna in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
More about 1897
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234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 16,729 of them was named Myrna, which outranked 51.8% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).