Myron
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #9,307 · #1,644 for boys in 2025, 102 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 680 births
- Debut · boys
- 42 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 45,369since 1880
Myron over time
Rank among boys' names. Myron 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 | — | #1,644 | 102 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,685 | 99 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,941 | 80 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,678 | 102 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,740 | 93 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,679 | 94 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,523 | 111 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,443 | 121 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,449 | 118 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,563 | 105 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,567 | 103 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,465 | 111 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,387 | 121 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,448 | 114 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,404 | 118 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,299 | 132 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,381 | 123 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,303 | 133 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,237 | 142 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,121 | 155 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,307 | 116 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,114 | 142 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,181 | 126 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,079 | 139 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,007 | 150 | |
| 2000 | — | #921 | 167 | |
| 1999 | — | #905 | 165 | |
| 1998 | — | #807 | 189 | |
| 1997 | — | #814 | 180 | |
| 1996 | — | #849 | 164 | |
| 1995 | — | #883 | 153 | |
| 1994 | — | #761 | 192 | |
| 1993 | — | #743 | 197 | |
| 1992 | — | #680 | 232 | |
| 1991 | — | #670 | 229 | |
| 1990 | — | #679 | 222 | |
| 1989 | — | #618 | 255 | |
| 1988 | — | #578 | 254 | |
| 1987 | — | #591 | 235 | |
| 1986 | — | #555 | 257 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #536 | 264 |
| 1984 | — | #492 | 292 | |
| 1983 | — | #498 | 287 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #520 | 268 |
| 1981 | — | #475 | 308 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #478 | 309 |
| 1979 | — | #440 | 336 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #460 | 303 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #433 | 337 |
| 1976 | — | #419 | 343 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #404 | 363 |
| 1974 | — | #385 | 406 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #413 | 357 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #406 | 377 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #390 | 426 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #408 | 399 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #382 | 418 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #370 | 446 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #369 | 409 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #373 | 414 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #341 | 498 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #326 | 575 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #311 | 643 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #306 | 644 |
| 1961 | — | #300 | 663 | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #315 | 613 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #314 | 611 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #316 | 582 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #290 | 659 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #275 | 710 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #290 | 610 |
| 1954 | — | #280 | 635 | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #275 | 640 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #266 | 662 |
| 1951 | — | #260 | 663 | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #294 | 531 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #296 | 517 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #304 | 518 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #296 | 543 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #273 | 552 |
| 1945 | — | #265 | 491 | |
| 1944 | — | #248 | 542 | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #245 | 575 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #232 | 599 |
| 1941 | — | #214 | 623 | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #219 | 567 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #217 | 560 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #211 | 580 |
| 1937 | — | #231 | 513 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #227 | 501 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #206 | 585 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #211 | 576 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #209 | 561 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #208 | 620 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #192 | 680 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #194 | 713 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #200 | 657 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #204 | 667 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #208 | 654 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #222 | 609 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #224 | 593 |
| 1924 | — | #220 | 608 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #213 | 603 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #234 | 561 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #216 | 612 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #229 | 548 |
| 1919 | — | #223 | 546 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #208 | 609 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #223 | 489 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #214 | 514 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #215 | 484 |
| 1914 | — | #218 | 366 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #227 | 276 |
| 1912 | — | #227 | 231 | |
| 1911 | — | #251 | 104 | |
| 1910 | — | #304 | 65 | |
| 1909 | — | #296 | 59 | |
| 1908 | — | #293 | 55 | |
| 1907 | — | #313 | 46 | |
| 1906 | — | #273 | 52 | |
| 1905 | — | #311 | 42 | |
| 1904 | — | #257 | 56 | |
| 1903 | — | #290 | 43 | |
| 1902 | — | #326 | 36 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #256 | 63 | |
| 1899 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1898 | — | #288 | 40 | |
| 1897 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1896 | — | #338 | 31 | |
| 1895 | — | #310 | 34 | |
| 1894 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1893 | — | #292 | 35 | |
| 1892 | — | #320 | 33 | |
| 1891 | — | #269 | 36 | |
| 1890 | — | #345 | 26 | |
| 1889 | — | #288 | 34 | |
| 1888 | — | #314 | 32 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #321 | 28 | |
| 1885 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1884 | — | #375 | 22 | |
| 1883 | — | #359 | 22 | |
| 1882 | — | #347 | 26 | |
| 1881 | — | #296 | 29 | |
| 1880 | — | #258 | 42 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Myron was already there! It came in at #258, and was given to 42 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 30 boys a year got the name.
Where Myron is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#60 · 1 in 266
- South Dakota#83 · 1 in 361
- Minnesota#96 · 1 in 557
- Wisconsin#106 · 1 in 679
- New York#139 · 1 in 1,359
Best ever in a state: #41 in North Dakota, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #60 | 21 | 1 in 266 |
| South Dakota | #83 | 14 | 1 in 361 |
| Minnesota | #96 | 43 | 1 in 557 |
| Wisconsin | #106 | 37 | 1 in 679 |
| New York | #139 | 69 | 1 in 1,359 |
| Ohio | #146 | 49 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Nebraska | #152 | 10 | 1 in 971 |
| Indiana | #156 | 24 | 1 in 1,185 |
| Idaho | #161 | 6 | 1 in 809 |
| Massachusetts | #161 | 13 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Iowa | #166 | 18 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Utah | #174 | 6 | 1 in 923 |
| Illinois | #176 | 38 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Kansas | #182 | 10 | 1 in 1,295 |
| Michigan | #186 | 24 | 1 in 1,918 |
| New Jersey | #188 | 11 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Maryland | #191 | 6 | 1 in 2,246 |
| Pennsylvania | #193 | 30 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Washington | #195 | 8 | 1 in 1,570 |
| Colorado | #233 | 5 | 1 in 1,964 |
| Missouri | #234 | 13 | 1 in 2,246 |
| California | #250 | 22 | 1 in 2,396 |
| West Virginia | #334 | 5 | 1 in 3,875 |
| Kentucky | #335 | 8 | 1 in 3,569 |
| Mississippi | #349 | 6 | 1 in 3,633 |
| Tennessee | #355 | 6 | 1 in 4,652 |
| Arkansas | #357 | 5 | 1 in 3,850 |
| Virginia | #377 | 5 | 1 in 4,889 |
| Louisiana | #423 | 5 | 1 in 4,526 |
| North Carolina | #442 | 6 | 1 in 6,165 |
| Alabama | #449 | 5 | 1 in 5,763 |
| Texas | #754 | 6 | 1 in 10,372 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Myron
- 41 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,644)
- 35 spots since 2020 (#1,679 → #1,644)
- 77 spots since 2015 (#1,567 → #1,644)
- Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1895 (#387 → #310)
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 1995 (#761 → #883)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #192 (680 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–2000
- Highest: 1 in 1,529 boys born in 1931 were named Myron (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,746 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 13.9% of all boys named Myron (6,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 284 | #258 (1880) | #326 |
| 1890s | 335 | #269 (1891) | #312 |
| 1900s | 496 | #256 (1900) | #287 |
| 1910s | 3,684 | #208 (1918) | #231 |
| 1920s | 6,112 | #200 (1929) | #217 |
| 1930s | 5,889 | #192 (1931) | #211 |
| 1940s | 5,527 | #214 (1941) | #259 |
| 1950s | 6,303 | #260 (1951) | #286 |
| 1960s | 5,323 | #300 (1961) | #339 |
| 1970s | 3,647 | #385 (1974) | #416 |
| 1980s | 2,729 | #475 (1981) | #534 |
| 1990s | 1,923 | #670 (1991) | #779 |
| 2000s | 1,393 | #921 (2000) | #1,165 |
| 2010s | 1,154 | #1,299 (2010) | #1,455 |
| 2020s | 570 | #1,644 (2025) | #1,728 |
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.
Myron in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 95,294 of them was named Myron, which outranked 51.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,297Yetta13
- #2,297Yolande13
- #2,297Zina13
- #2,424Myron12
- #2,424Alejandra12
- #2,424Alvin12
- #2,424Alys12
- #2,572Alix11
- #2,572Almira11
- #2,572Aloha11
Tied with 147 names at #2,424; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 2,044 of them was named Myron, which outranked 94.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.