Myra
Myra is ranked 646th among girls in 2024 (453 births). Its best rank was 158th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- #646down 52 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4530.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19581,287 births
- Best rank
- #158in 1880
- Since 1880
- 63,483people given the name
The story in the numbers
63,483 girls have been named Myra in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 1,287 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 639 → 646).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 140 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Myra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 953 | |
| 1890s | 1,305 | |
| 1900s | 1,361 | |
| 1910s | 3,398 | |
| 1920s | 4,986 | |
| 1930s | 5,858 | |
| 1940s | 8,868 | |
| 1950s | 10,378 | |
| 1960s | 7,359 | |
| 1970s | 3,781 | |
| 1980s | 3,177 | |
| 1990s | 2,473 | |
| 2000s | 2,454 | |
| 2010s | 4,594 | |
| 2020s | 2,538 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Myra was the 237th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Myra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ellenpeak 1951
- Pollypeak 1964
- Kittypeak 1947
- Janiepeak 1947
- Raepeak 1956
- Annettapeak 1941
- Prudencepeak 1943
- Pattiepeak 1958
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.