Myril — boys' name
12 babies named Myril in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Myril was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Myril in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Myril
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Myril between 1937 and 1938, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Myril currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Myril is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1915.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Myril performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Myril 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 12 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.
Myril at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Myril popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1937
- Peak year (1937)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
12 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 6 births in a single year.
Myril popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1915 (Myril as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Myril accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Myril by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 12 births that decade — 100% of Myril's all-time total
Myril decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Myril's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 1937–1938 (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.