Myrtle
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 1,818 births
- Debut · girls
- 615 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 136,486since 1880
Myrtle over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,625 | 57 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,279 | 74 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,147 | 85 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,129 | 88 | — | |
| 1965 | #944 | 117 | — | |
| 1964 | #997 | 115 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,016 | 110 | — | |
| 1962 | #871 | 145 | — | |
| 1961 | #768 | 186 | — | |
| 1960 | #769 | 175 | — | |
| 1959 | #753 | 182 | — | |
| 1958 | #704 | 196 | — | |
| 1957 | #648 | 229 | — | |
| 1956 | #589 | 257 | — | |
| 1955 | #519 | 316 | — | |
| 1954 | #490 | 325 | — | |
| 1953 | #442 | 378 | — | |
| 1952 | #450 | 366 | — | |
| 1951 | #418 | 397 | — | |
| 1950 | #375 | 460 | — | |
| 1949 | #339 | 523 | — | |
| 1948 | #336 | 537 | — | |
| 1947 | #319 | 596 | — | |
| 1946 | #308 | 571 | — | |
| 1945 | #277 | 621 | — | |
| 1944 | #262 | 686 | — | |
| 1943 | #232 | 843 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #218 | 911 | — | |
| 1941 | #194 | 966 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #184 | 1,020 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #179 | 1,064 | — | |
| 1938 | #182 | 1,114 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #169 | 1,194 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #160 | 1,240 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #153 | 1,312 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #141 | 1,435 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #142 | 1,398 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #135 | 1,669 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #134 | 1,711 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #123 | 1,997 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #117 | 2,126 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #116 | 2,243 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #109 | 2,550 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #101 | 2,756 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #95 | 2,980 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #89 | 3,205 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #84 | 3,314 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #75 | 3,649 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #73 | 3,791 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #68 | 3,955 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #67 | 3,816 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #62 | 4,076 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #58 | 4,046 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #58 | 3,960 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #58 | 3,865 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #60 | 3,049 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #53 | 2,843 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #50 | 2,599 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #50 | 2,033 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #43 | 2,145 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #43 | 1,950 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #43 | 1,952 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #39 | 1,929 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #37 | 1,921 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #33 | 2,026 | — | |
| 1904 | #34 | 1,905 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #29 | 1,980 | #595 | 14 |
| 1902 | #32 | 1,884 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #28 | 1,892 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #32 | 2,252 | — | |
| 1899 | #30 | 1,821 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #29 | 2,090 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #29 | 1,833 | — | |
| 1896 | #30 | 1,928 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #28 | 1,938 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #27 | 1,818 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #29 | 1,759 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #32 | 1,666 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #31 | 1,458 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #34 | 1,406 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #33 | 1,361 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #35 | 1,310 | — | |
| 1887 | #36 | 1,087 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #35 | 1,094 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #34 | 1,026 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #34 | 979 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #37 | 851 | — | |
| 1882 | #38 | 803 | — | |
| 1881 | #37 | 643 | — | |
| 1880 | #40 | 615 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Myrtle was already there! It came in at #40, and was given to 615 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Myrtle is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#76 · 1 in 348
- North Carolina#79 · 1 in 339
- Tennessee#80 · 1 in 357
- South Carolina#94 · 1 in 399
- West Virginia#94 · 1 in 427
Best ever in a state: #9 in North Dakota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #76 | 74 | 1 in 348 |
| North Carolina | #79 | 105 | 1 in 339 |
| Tennessee | #80 | 74 | 1 in 357 |
| South Carolina | #94 | 50 | 1 in 399 |
| West Virginia | #94 | 43 | 1 in 427 |
| Arkansas | #95 | 43 | 1 in 402 |
| Virginia | #99 | 54 | 1 in 421 |
| Maryland | #100 | 25 | 1 in 445 |
| Louisiana | #108 | 48 | 1 in 427 |
| Alabama | #109 | 64 | 1 in 443 |
| Montana | #114 | 9 | 1 in 433 |
| Hawaii | #117 | 7 | 1 in 403 |
| Oklahoma | #118 | 40 | 1 in 499 |
| Mississippi | #127 | 39 | 1 in 546 |
| Florida | #134 | 23 | 1 in 547 |
| Washington | #135 | 13 | 1 in 724 |
| Georgia | #136 | 50 | 1 in 587 |
| Kansas | #137 | 19 | 1 in 655 |
| Rhode Island | #139 | 5 | 1 in 824 |
| Texas | #145 | 86 | 1 in 638 |
| Minnesota | #151 | 21 | 1 in 947 |
| New Jersey | #159 | 24 | 1 in 979 |
| Missouri | #168 | 29 | 1 in 891 |
| Oregon | #168 | 6 | 1 in 902 |
| Wisconsin | #173 | 18 | 1 in 1,262 |
| Indiana | #179 | 17 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Nebraska | #180 | 8 | 1 in 1,222 |
| Maine | #181 | 6 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Ohio | #184 | 34 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Michigan | #189 | 26 | 1 in 1,491 |
| New Mexico | #198 | 6 | 1 in 810 |
| Pennsylvania | #198 | 44 | 1 in 1,615 |
| Massachusetts | #204 | 12 | 1 in 2,270 |
| Connecticut | #215 | 5 | 1 in 1,847 |
| Illinois | #220 | 27 | 1 in 1,872 |
| California | #249 | 23 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Iowa | #264 | 7 | 1 in 2,654 |
| New York | #293 | 27 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Myrtle
- Biggest jump: 53 spots in 1965 (#997 → #944)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1966 (#944 → #1,129)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #27 (1,818 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 49 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1880–1925
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Highest: 1 in 121 girls born in 1895 were named Myrtle (0.83%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #27 in 1894, was only 1 in 123 (0.82%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all girls named Myrtle (32,432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,769 | #33 (1889) | #36 |
| 1890s | 17,717 | #27 (1894) | #30 |
| 1900s | 19,691 | #28 (1901) | #35 |
| 1910s | 32,432 | #43 (1910) | #56 |
| 1920s | 30,569 | #68 (1920) | #93 |
| 1930s | 14,134 | #123 (1930) | #152 |
| 1940s | 7,274 | #184 (1940) | #267 |
| 1950s | 3,106 | #375 (1950) | #539 |
| 1960s | 1,166 | #768 (1961) | #1,028 |
| 1970s | 356 | #1,625 (1971) | #2,449 |
| 1980s | 153 | #3,134 (1980) | #5,439 |
| 1990s | 62 | #8,588 (1991) | #9,923 |
| 2000s | 6 | #14,502 (2005) | #14,502 |
| 2010s | 31 | #8,597 (2019) | #13,079 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,917 (2025) | #12,657 |
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.
Myrtle in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 839 of them was named Myrtle, which outranked 96.7% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 103,721 of them was named Myrtle, which outranked 43.0% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,184Westley11
- #2,184Weyman11
- #2,184Windle11
- #2,301Myrtle10
- #2,301Abran10
- #2,301Alcide10
- #2,301Alson10
- #2,452Achille9
- #2,452Adelard9
- #2,452Alphonsus9
Tied with 150 names at #2,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.