Myra
Myra was given to 429 girls in 2025, #663 among girls’ names; 63,967 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 40,100 Americans named Myra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 27 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Myra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Myra mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Myra is “a female given name originating as a coinage.”
First used by the poet Fulke Greville, possibly as an anagram of Mary.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Myra?
#663 among girls’ names, 2025
Myra fell from #600 in 2015 to #663 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.28 to 0.27 per 1,000.
1,296 babies in 1958, the peak
Myra peaked in 1958, when 1,296 babies were given it (1,288 girls, #237 among girls’ names). The 429 births of 2025 are 33% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 429 | #663 | 0.27 |
| 2024 | 455 | #646 | 0.28 |
| 2023 | 507 | #592 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 540 | #563 | 0.33 |
| 2021 | 507 | #592 | 0.31 |
| 2020 | 533 | #556 | 0.33 |
| 2019 | 572 | #537 | 0.34 |
| 2018 | 634 | #491 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 616 | #509 | 0.36 |
| 2016 | 564 | #552 | 0.32 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 493 | #600 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 448 | #639 | 0.25 |
| 2013 | 353 | #773 | 0.20 |
| 2012 | 307 | #871 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 342 | #793 | 0.19 |
| 2010 | 265 | #966 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 303 | #901 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 242 | #1,081 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 231 | #1,124 | 0.12 |
| 2006 | 255 | #1,010 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 240 | #1,017 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 226 | #1,032 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 249 | #944 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 245 | #913 | 0.14 |
| 2001 | 233 | #952 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 230 | #934 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 234 | #902 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 228 | #919 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 201 | #973 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 236 | #846 | 0.13 |
| 1995 | 226 | #860 | 0.13 |
| 1994 | 241 | #834 | 0.13 |
| 1993 | 246 | #815 | 0.14 |
| 1992 | 274 | #759 | 0.15 |
| 1991 | 287 | #725 | 0.15 |
| 1990 | 300 | #701 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 270 | #731 | 0.15 |
| 1988 | 302 | #649 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 293 | #645 | 0.17 |
| 1986 | 321 | #602 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 308 | #615 | 0.18 |
| 1984 | 311 | #586 | 0.18 |
| 1983 | 323 | #565 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 332 | #558 | 0.20 |
| 1981 | 350 | #537 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 367 | #524 | 0.22 |
| 1979 | 318 | #572 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 355 | #523 | 0.23 |
| 1977 | 345 | #530 | 0.23 |
| 1976 | 341 | #522 | 0.23 |
| 1975 | 367 | #493 | 0.25 |
| 1974 | 384 | #471 | 0.26 |
| 1973 | 404 | #456 | 0.28 |
| 1972 | 362 | #492 | 0.24 |
| 1971 | 451 | #455 | 0.27 |
| 1970 | 454 | #462 | 0.26 |
| 1969 | 452 | #456 | 0.27 |
| 1968 | 510 | #413 | 0.31 |
| 1967 | 508 | #413 | 0.31 |
| 1966 | 528 | #403 | 0.31 |
| 1965 | 638 | #360 | 0.36 |
| 1964 | 749 | #348 | 0.40 |
| 1963 | 863 | #319 | 0.45 |
| 1962 | 900 | #312 | 0.46 |
| 1961 | 1,037 | #288 | 0.51 |
| 1960 | 1,174 | #261 | 0.58 |
| 1959 | 1,245 | #246 | 0.62 |
| 1958 | 1,288 | #237 | 0.64 |
| 1957 | 1,106 | #259 | 0.54 |
| 1956 | 896 | #298 | 0.45 |
| 1955 | 916 | #284 | 0.47 |
| 1954 | 960 | #271 | 0.49 |
| 1953 | 966 | #261 | 0.51 |
| 1952 | 941 | #259 | 0.51 |
| 1951 | 1,028 | #243 | 0.57 |
| 1950 | 1,032 | #236 | 0.60 |
| 1949 | 1,013 | #234 | 0.59 |
| 1948 | 1,088 | #223 | 0.64 |
| 1947 | 1,141 | #222 | 0.64 |
| 1946 | 818 | #246 | 0.52 |
| 1945 | 737 | #248 | 0.56 |
| 1944 | 719 | #253 | 0.54 |
| 1943 | 886 | #221 | 0.63 |
| 1942 | 929 | #216 | 0.69 |
| 1941 | 788 | #220 | 0.65 |
| 1940 | 749 | #224 | 0.65 |
| 1939 | 658 | #244 | 0.60 |
| 1938 | 724 | #231 | 0.66 |
| 1937 | 642 | #248 | 0.60 |
| 1936 | 574 | #255 | 0.55 |
| 1935 | 595 | #257 | 0.57 |
| 1934 | 593 | #255 | 0.57 |
| 1933 | 512 | #271 | 0.51 |
| 1932 | 560 | #265 | 0.52 |
| 1931 | 511 | #275 | 0.48 |
| 1930 | 489 | #300 | 0.43 |
| 1929 | 490 | #295 | 0.44 |
| 1928 | 521 | #288 | 0.45 |
| 1927 | 535 | #289 | 0.45 |
| 1926 | 466 | #307 | 0.39 |
| 1925 | 502 | #299 | 0.41 |
| 1924 | 492 | #302 | 0.39 |
| 1923 | 473 | #297 | 0.39 |
| 1922 | 468 | #295 | 0.39 |
| 1921 | 523 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1920 | 516 | #289 | 0.43 |
| 1919 | 461 | #297 | 0.41 |
| 1918 | 468 | #295 | 0.40 |
| 1917 | 465 | #286 | 0.43 |
| 1916 | 422 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 390 | #294 | 0.40 |
| 1914 | 322 | #293 | 0.42 |
| 1913 | 305 | #266 | 0.49 |
| 1912 | 224 | #302 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 186 | #286 | 0.44 |
| 1910 | 155 | #309 | 0.39 |
| 1909 | 144 | #300 | 0.41 |
| 1908 | 148 | #291 | 0.44 |
| 1907 | 142 | #293 | 0.45 |
| 1906 | 139 | #283 | 0.47 |
| 1905 | 126 | #298 | 0.43 |
| 1904 | 119 | #296 | 0.43 |
| 1903 | 128 | #275 | 0.49 |
| 1902 | 136 | #268 | 0.52 |
| 1901 | 115 | #278 | 0.48 |
| 1900 | 164 | #254 | 0.55 |
| 1899 | 115 | #268 | 0.49 |
| 1898 | 143 | #249 | 0.55 |
| 1897 | 138 | #242 | 0.59 |
| 1896 | 158 | #220 | 0.66 |
| 1895 | 127 | #247 | 0.54 |
| 1894 | 148 | #218 | 0.66 |
| 1893 | 117 | #245 | 0.55 |
| 1892 | 113 | #247 | 0.53 |
| 1891 | 113 | #229 | 0.61 |
| 1890 | 133 | #209 | 0.70 |
| 1889 | 121 | #208 | 0.68 |
| 1888 | 134 | #193 | 0.75 |
| 1887 | 95 | #214 | 0.65 |
| 1886 | 96 | #202 | 0.66 |
| 1885 | 84 | #217 | 0.63 |
| 1884 | 98 | #183 | 0.76 |
| 1883 | 81 | #187 | 0.72 |
| 1882 | 89 | #170 | 0.83 |
| 1881 | 72 | #177 | 0.78 |
| 1880 | 83 | #158 | 0.91 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Myra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Myra has been given almost only to girls: 51 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Myra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Myra, and how old are they?
40,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 63,967 Americans ever recorded as Myra. The median Myra alive today is 59 years old; half are between 27 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 42,505 people named Myra (42,403 women and girls, 102 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 41,160 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,820 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,990 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,610 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Myra born?
The states with the most babies named Myra are New York, Texas and California, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 4,465 | #1,013 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 4,450 | #835 | 1.1× |
| California | 4,289 | #785 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 3,237 | #762 | 1.7× |
| Alabama | 3,038 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Illinois | 2,706 | #654 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 2,650 | #843 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,262 | #713 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 2,178 | #501 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 1,978 | #800 | 1.4× |
Where Myra is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Myra is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Myra with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 84,732 babies since 1880, Myra is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 429 of their 1,547 babies (28%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Myra
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Myra and names like it
- Compare Myra and MiraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMyra peaked in 1958.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Myra since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Myra: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1958The year the most babies were named Myra.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Myra alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.