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 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#27 · 1 in 110
- Utah#31 · 1 in 123
- Wyoming#47 · 1 in 143
- Washington#55 · 1 in 215
- Montana#56 · 1 in 186
Best ever in a state: #26 in Montana, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #27 | 38 | 1 in 110 |
| Utah | #31 | 39 | 1 in 123 |
| Wyoming | #47 | 11 | 1 in 143 |
| Washington | #55 | 51 | 1 in 215 |
| Montana | #56 | 21 | 1 in 186 |
| South Dakota | #56 | 22 | 1 in 209 |
| Colorado | #59 | 37 | 1 in 240 |
| Nebraska | #60 | 38 | 1 in 238 |
| Oregon | #66 | 23 | 1 in 272 |
| Kansas | #67 | 43 | 1 in 286 |
| Iowa | #77 | 57 | 1 in 332 |
| Oklahoma | #77 | 56 | 1 in 363 |
| Hawaii | #78 | 12 | 1 in 252 |
| North Dakota | #84 | 17 | 1 in 310 |
| Minnesota | #87 | 57 | 1 in 368 |
| Indiana | #93 | 58 | 1 in 449 |
| New York | #99 | 195 | 1 in 439 |
| Michigan | #109 | 74 | 1 in 571 |
| Illinois | #110 | 105 | 1 in 526 |
| New Hampshire | #111 | 6 | 1 in 512 |
| Rhode Island | #111 | 8 | 1 in 539 |
| Wisconsin | #113 | 37 | 1 in 645 |
| California | #114 | 86 | 1 in 518 |
| Missouri | #119 | 45 | 1 in 596 |
| Ohio | #121 | 81 | 1 in 631 |
| Maine | #122 | 12 | 1 in 521 |
| Pennsylvania | #125 | 109 | 1 in 682 |
| Florida | #126 | 26 | 1 in 522 |
| Connecticut | #148 | 10 | 1 in 986 |
| New Jersey | #148 | 27 | 1 in 915 |
| Massachusetts | #154 | 23 | 1 in 1,221 |
| West Virginia | #156 | 26 | 1 in 733 |
| Arizona | #159 | 9 | 1 in 521 |
| Louisiana | #164 | 34 | 1 in 654 |
| Georgia | #177 | 37 | 1 in 833 |
| Maryland | #184 | 11 | 1 in 1,130 |
| Virginia | #190 | 22 | 1 in 1,083 |
| New Mexico | #194 | 7 | 1 in 792 |
| Kentucky | #195 | 27 | 1 in 1,045 |
| Arkansas | #196 | 22 | 1 in 851 |
| South Carolina | #198 | 19 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Tennessee | #199 | 24 | 1 in 1,130 |
| Texas | #207 | 60 | 1 in 962 |
| Mississippi | #211 | 22 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Alabama | #232 | 22 | 1 in 1,333 |
| North Carolina | #238 | 23 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 613 of them was named Myrna, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 158,450 of them was named Myrna, which outranked 28.9% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,646Zackie8
- #2,646Zebedee8
- #2,646Zigmund8
- #2,868Myrna7
- #2,868Abran7
- #2,868Acey7
- #2,868Aldean7
- #3,175Abelino6
- #3,175Adolphe6
- #3,175Adolpho6
Tied with 306 names at #2,868; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.