Myrtis
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · Last seen for boys in 1926 at #4,201
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1912 · 105 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,121since 1882
Myrtis over time
Rank among girls' names. Myrtis has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
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| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,548 | 47 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,185 | 64 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,215 | 58 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,241 | 55 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,174 | 60 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 | — | |
| 1946 | #922 | 82 | — | |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 | — | |
| 1944 | #881 | 75 | — | |
| 1943 | #856 | 83 | — | |
| 1942 | #804 | 90 | — | |
| 1941 | #821 | 77 | — | |
| 1940 | #734 | 89 | — | |
| 1939 | #693 | 97 | — | |
| 1938 | #678 | 103 | — | |
| 1937 | #704 | 94 | — | |
| 1936 | #595 | 123 | — | |
| 1935 | #629 | 107 | — | |
| 1934 | #653 | 105 | — | |
| 1933 | #629 | 108 | — | |
| 1932 | #634 | 111 | — | |
| 1931 | #617 | 116 | — | |
| 1930 | #634 | 119 | — | |
| 1929 | #593 | 132 | — | |
| 1928 | #583 | 146 | — | |
| 1927 | #614 | 135 | — | |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #529 | 182 | — | |
| 1924 | #548 | 176 | — | |
| 1923 | #590 | 150 | — | |
| 1922 | #596 | 145 | — | |
| 1921 | #469 | 216 | — | |
| 1920 | #555 | 166 | — | |
| 1919 | #543 | 160 | — | |
| 1918 | #578 | 152 | — | |
| 1917 | #532 | 158 | — | |
| 1916 | #541 | 151 | — | |
| 1915 | #541 | 138 | — | |
| 1914 | #536 | 108 | — | |
| 1913 | #506 | 101 | — | |
| 1912 | #464 | 105 | — | |
| 1911 | #548 | 59 | — | |
| 1910 | #480 | 71 | — | |
| 1909 | #509 | 54 | — | |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 | — | |
| 1907 | #489 | 53 | — | |
| 1906 | #509 | 46 | — | |
| 1905 | #485 | 49 | — | |
| 1904 | #511 | 41 | — | |
| 1903 | #514 | 39 | — | |
| 1902 | #502 | 40 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | — | |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | — | |
| 1897 | #530 | 31 | — | |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 | — | |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 | — | |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Myrtis! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Myrtis is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#225 · 1 in 1,077
- Louisiana#233 · 1 in 1,114
- South Carolina#312 · 1 in 2,433
- Alabama#340 · 1 in 2,953
- Georgia#357 · 1 in 3,176
Best ever in a state: #103 in Mississippi, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #225 | 21 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Louisiana | #233 | 21 | 1 in 1,114 |
| South Carolina | #312 | 9 | 1 in 2,433 |
| Alabama | #340 | 10 | 1 in 2,953 |
| Georgia | #357 | 10 | 1 in 3,176 |
| Texas | #751 | 7 | 1 in 8,586 |
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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 Myrtis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1891 (#872 → #695)
- Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1893 (#554 → #826)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1912 at #464 (105 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1886–1946
- Highest: 1 in 5,315 girls born in 1912 were named Myrtis (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
- 26.3% of all girls named Myrtis (1,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | #657 (1889) | #770 |
| 1890s | 202 | #530 (1897) | #685 |
| 1900s | 428 | #485 (1905) | #526 |
| 1910s | 1,203 | #464 (1912) | #527 |
| 1920s | 1,612 | #469 (1921) | #562 |
| 1930s | 1,083 | #595 (1936) | #647 |
| 1940s | 753 | #734 (1940) | #935 |
| 1950s | 500 | #1,185 (1952) | #1,454 |
| 1960s | 187 | #2,150 (1960) | #3,231 |
| 1970s | 66 | #4,038 (1970) | #6,658 |
| 1980s | 28 | #6,371 (1982) | #8,882 |
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.
Myrtis in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 12,849 of them was named Myrtis, which outranked 85.4% 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).