Myron
Myron is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 99 births. Its best rank was 192nd, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 990.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1930713 births
- Best rank
- #192in 1931
- Since 1880
- 45,268people given the name
The story in the numbers
45,268 boys have been named Myron in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 713 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1950s alone account for 14%. It has spent 121 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Myron | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 284 | |
| 1890s | 335 | |
| 1900s | 496 | |
| 1910s | 3,684 | |
| 1920s | 6,112 | |
| 1930s | 5,889 | |
| 1940s | 5,527 | |
| 1950s | 6,304 | |
| 1960s | 5,323 | |
| 1970s | 3,647 | |
| 1980s | 2,730 | |
| 1990s | 1,923 | |
| 2000s | 1,393 | |
| 2010s | 1,154 | |
| 2020s | 467 |
In 1930, its biggest year
Myron was the 195th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Myron
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gilbertpeak 1930
- Lorenpeak 1955
- Norrispeak 1924
- Rolandpeak 1924
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Daviepeak 1955
- Melvinpeak 1928
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.