Myra — #645 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Myra

The Social Security Administration has registered 63,483 babies named Myra between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myra currently holds the #645 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 1,287 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myra performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 10,378 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Myra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,450 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Myra in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 63,483 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.