Myrtie
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #6,617
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 45 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,401since 1880
Myrtie over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrtie has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
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| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,264 | 40 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 39 |
| 1933 | #834 | 64 |
| 1932 | #940 | 56 |
| 1931 | #941 | 54 |
| 1930 | #949 | 59 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,041 | 52 |
| 1927 | #924 | 65 |
| 1926 | #854 | 75 |
| 1925 | #833 | 80 |
| 1924 | #853 | 77 |
| 1923 | #864 | 72 |
| 1922 | #766 | 91 |
| 1921 | #728 | 102 |
| 1920 | #725 | 100 |
| 1919 | #685 | 104 |
| 1918 | #783 | 84 |
| 1917 | #637 | 114 |
| 1916 | #709 | 94 |
| 1915 | #658 | 101 |
| 1914 | #595 | 91 |
| 1913 | #643 | 65 |
| 1912 | #582 | 69 |
| 1911 | #531 | 62 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #473 | 63 |
| 1908 | #546 | 46 |
| 1907 | #414 | 73 |
| 1906 | #440 | 61 |
| 1905 | #442 | 58 |
| 1904 | #424 | 58 |
| 1903 | #411 | 59 |
| 1902 | #420 | 54 |
| 1901 | #378 | 61 |
| 1900 | #402 | 68 |
| 1899 | #381 | 58 |
| 1898 | #317 | 98 |
| 1897 | #362 | 66 |
| 1896 | #316 | 84 |
| 1895 | #309 | 88 |
| 1894 | #331 | 71 |
| 1893 | #295 | 83 |
| 1892 | #304 | 80 |
| 1891 | #323 | 60 |
| 1890 | #291 | 72 |
| 1889 | #254 | 86 |
| 1888 | #273 | 72 |
| 1887 | #228 | 83 |
| 1886 | #233 | 77 |
| 1885 | #255 | 60 |
| 1884 | #230 | 70 |
| 1883 | #256 | 50 |
| 1882 | #208 | 64 |
| 1881 | #235 | 44 |
| 1880 | #232 | 45 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Myrtie was already there! It came in at #232, and was given to 45 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Myrtie is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#335 · 1 in 2,703
- Georgia#362 · 1 in 3,433
- Alabama#372 · 1 in 3,345
- Virginia#415 · 1 in 5,428
- Mississippi#436 · 1 in 3,858
Best ever in a state: #180 in Alabama, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #335 | 10 | 1 in 2,703 |
| Georgia | #362 | 10 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Alabama | #372 | 8 | 1 in 3,345 |
| Virginia | #415 | 5 | 1 in 5,428 |
| Mississippi | #436 | 5 | 1 in 3,858 |
| North Carolina | #518 | 5 | 1 in 6,783 |
| Texas | #557 | 11 | 1 in 4,502 |
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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 Myrtie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1930 (#1,137 → #949)
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1934 (#834 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #208 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 57 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Highest: 1 in 1,685 girls born in 1882 were named Myrtie (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 281,169 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
- 19.1% of all girls named Myrtie (839) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 651 | #208 (1882) | #240 |
| 1890s | 760 | #291 (1890) | #323 |
| 1900s | 601 | #378 (1901) | #435 |
| 1910s | 839 | #531 (1911) | #637 |
| 1920s | 756 | #725 (1920) | #873 |
| 1930s | 466 | #834 (1933) | #1,061 |
| 1940s | 221 | #1,264 (1942) | #1,997 |
| 1950s | 85 | #2,937 (1951) | #3,996 |
| 1960s | 22 | #6,009 (1964) | #6,436 |
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.
Myrtie in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 13,781 of them was named Myrtie, which outranked 86.0% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.