Myrian — girls' name
173 babies named Myrian in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Myrian was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Myrian in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Myrian
The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Myrian between 1949 and 2007, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myrian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrian performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Myrian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Myrian in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Myrian 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 173 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.
Myrian at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Myrian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1949
- Peak year (1955)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
173 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 8 births in a single year.
Myrian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 51 births that decade — 29% of Myrian's all-time total
Myrian decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Myrian's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Myrian by state
Where Myrian concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 173 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.