Girls' name · since 1886
Almyra
Since 1886, U.S. Social Security records show 209 babies named Almyra, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 209
- born since 1886
- 1910s
- peak decade
209 girls have been named Almyra since 1886, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Almyra has 209 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 1950.
- #19,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 209 born since 1886
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Almyra ranks #19,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 209 born since 1886, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 209
- born since 1886
- 1910s
- peak decade
Almyra's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Almyra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Almyra's full recorded timeline at 1920, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Almyra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–1950
- Peak year (1916)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Almyra by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (69 births, 33% of the file).
1910s was Almyra's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Almyra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1890s 16
1890s
16 births
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
69 births
- 1920s
1920s
69 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 69 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Almyra's data
- Almyra's decade-level peak was the 1910s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Almyra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1886–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Almyra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.