Myrick — boys' name
275 babies named Myrick in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Myrick was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Myrick in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Myrick
The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Myrick between 1922 and 2022, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Myrick currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrick performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Myrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Myrick 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 275 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.
Myrick at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Myrick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1922
- Peak year (2017)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
275 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 13 births in a single year.
Myrick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 67 births that decade — 24% of Myrick's all-time total
Myrick decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Myrick's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1922–2022 (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.