Girls' name · since 1880
Myra
63,916 babies named Myra in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63,916
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Myra is the #662 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 63,916 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Myra recorded 63,916 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #662 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #510 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #662 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 63,916 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myra ranks #510 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #662 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 63,916 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63,916
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Myra's 63,916 recorded births place it above 99.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Myra compares
63,916 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Myra's all-time total is 170x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Myra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 63,916 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,288 | 21 | 19,840 |
Myra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Myra's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1881, with only 72 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 1,288, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Myra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1958)
- 1,288
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Myra popularity over time - boys
51 total births recorded since 1916 (Myra as boys' name)
Myra by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (10,378 births, 16% of the file).
1950s was Myra's strongest decade.
10,378 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Myra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 953
1880s
953 births
- 1890s 1,305
1890s
1,305 births
- 1900s 1,361
1900s
1,361 births
- 1910s 3,398
1910s
3,398 births
- 1920s
1920s
4,986 births
- 1930s
1930s
5,858 births
- 1940s
1940s
8,868 births
- 1950s
1950s
10,378 births
- 1960s
1960s
7,359 births
- 1970s 3,781
1970s
3,781 births
- 1980s 3,177
1980s
3,177 births
- 1990s 2,473
1990s
2,473 births
- 2000s 2,454
2000s
2,454 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,594 births
- 2020s 2,971
2020s
2,971 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10,378 births (16% of all-time use).
How Myra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Myra's total volume
Myra by state
Where Myra concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 4,465 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,450 | 7.0% |
| #3 | California | | 4,289 | 6.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 3,237 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 3,038 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 2,706 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,650 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 2,262 | 3.5% |
4,465 of 63,916 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Myra appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Myra's data
- Myra's decade-level peak was the 1950s (10,378 total births); usage has since declined to 2,971 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Myras (4,465 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Myra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Myra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Myra 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.