Girls' name · since 1918
Mirtle
Mirtle has 10 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 1918–1920
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Mirtle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mirtle has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1918, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1920.
- 10 total births
- 1918–1920 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mirtle's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mirtle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mirtle splits its recorded history at 1920: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births).
Mirtle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1920
- Peak year (1918)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Mirtle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Mirtle's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Mirtle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mirtle's data
- Mirtle's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1920s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1918–1920 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mirtle: Baby Name Since 1918 - 10 Births, Peak 1918." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mirtle. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mirtle 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 July 2026.