Myron
Myron was given to 102 boys in 2025, #1,650 among boys’ names; 45,832 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 22,500 Americans named Myron and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 39 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Myron by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Myron mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Myron is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.”
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύρων (Múrōn).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Myron?
#1,650 among boys’ names, 2025
Myron fell from #1,575 in 2015 to #1,650 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 53.7 to 59.7 per million.
727 babies in 1930, the peak
Myron peaked in 1930, when 727 babies were given it (713 boys, #195 among boys’ names). The 102 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,650 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,694 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,948 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,690 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,745 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,684 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,528 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,449 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,453 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,572 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 103 | #1,575 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,471 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,395 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 114 | #1,455 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,409 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,304 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,385 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,312 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 142 | #1,241 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 155 | #1,123 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,312 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 142 | #1,120 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,183 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,082 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 150 | #1,006 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 167 | #921 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 165 | #907 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 189 | #806 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 180 | #812 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 164 | #848 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 153 | #883 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 192 | #760 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 197 | #742 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 232 | #679 | 0.12 |
| 1991 | 229 | #668 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 222 | #677 | 0.11 |
| 1989 | 255 | #616 | 0.13 |
| 1988 | 254 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1987 | 235 | #591 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 257 | #555 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 264 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1984 | 292 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1983 | 287 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1982 | 268 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1981 | 308 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 309 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 336 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 303 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1977 | 337 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1976 | 343 | #419 | 0.22 |
| 1975 | 363 | #404 | 0.23 |
| 1974 | 406 | #385 | 0.26 |
| 1973 | 357 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1972 | 377 | #406 | 0.23 |
| 1971 | 426 | #390 | 0.24 |
| 1970 | 399 | #409 | 0.21 |
| 1969 | 418 | #382 | 0.23 |
| 1968 | 446 | #370 | 0.26 |
| 1967 | 409 | #370 | 0.23 |
| 1966 | 414 | #373 | 0.23 |
| 1965 | 498 | #341 | 0.27 |
| 1964 | 575 | #326 | 0.29 |
| 1963 | 643 | #312 | 0.32 |
| 1962 | 644 | #307 | 0.31 |
| 1961 | 663 | #300 | 0.31 |
| 1960 | 613 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1959 | 611 | #315 | 0.29 |
| 1958 | 582 | #317 | 0.27 |
| 1957 | 659 | #290 | 0.31 |
| 1956 | 710 | #275 | 0.34 |
| 1955 | 610 | #291 | 0.30 |
| 1954 | 635 | #280 | 0.31 |
| 1953 | 640 | #275 | 0.32 |
| 1952 | 662 | #266 | 0.34 |
| 1951 | 663 | #260 | 0.35 |
| 1950 | 531 | #294 | 0.30 |
| 1949 | 517 | #296 | 0.29 |
| 1948 | 518 | #304 | 0.30 |
| 1947 | 543 | #296 | 0.30 |
| 1946 | 552 | #274 | 0.34 |
| 1945 | 491 | #265 | 0.36 |
| 1944 | 542 | #248 | 0.40 |
| 1943 | 575 | #246 | 0.40 |
| 1942 | 599 | #232 | 0.43 |
| 1941 | 623 | #214 | 0.51 |
| 1940 | 567 | #220 | 0.49 |
| 1939 | 560 | #217 | 0.51 |
| 1938 | 580 | #211 | 0.52 |
| 1937 | 513 | #231 | 0.48 |
| 1936 | 501 | #228 | 0.48 |
| 1935 | 585 | #206 | 0.56 |
| 1934 | 576 | #211 | 0.56 |
| 1933 | 561 | #209 | 0.57 |
| 1932 | 620 | #208 | 0.59 |
| 1931 | 680 | #192 | 0.65 |
| 1930 | 713 | #195 | 0.65 |
| 1929 | 657 | #200 | 0.61 |
| 1928 | 667 | #204 | 0.60 |
| 1927 | 654 | #208 | 0.58 |
| 1926 | 609 | #222 | 0.55 |
| 1925 | 593 | #224 | 0.53 |
| 1924 | 608 | #220 | 0.54 |
| 1923 | 603 | #213 | 0.55 |
| 1922 | 561 | #235 | 0.52 |
| 1921 | 612 | #216 | 0.56 |
| 1920 | 548 | #229 | 0.51 |
| 1919 | 546 | #223 | 0.56 |
| 1918 | 609 | #208 | 0.60 |
| 1917 | 489 | #223 | 0.53 |
| 1916 | 514 | #214 | 0.58 |
| 1915 | 484 | #215 | 0.57 |
| 1914 | 366 | #218 | 0.56 |
| 1913 | 276 | #227 | 0.54 |
| 1912 | 231 | #227 | 0.54 |
| 1911 | 104 | #253 | 0.46 |
| 1910 | 65 | #306 | 0.33 |
| 1909 | 59 | #297 | 0.36 |
| 1908 | 55 | #294 | 0.36 |
| 1907 | 46 | #317 | 0.31 |
| 1906 | 52 | #276 | 0.39 |
| 1905 | 42 | #312 | 0.32 |
| 1904 | 56 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1903 | 43 | #290 | 0.36 |
| 1902 | 36 | #328 | 0.29 |
| 1901 | 44 | #263 | 0.41 |
| 1900 | 63 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1899 | 35 | #298 | 0.33 |
| 1898 | 40 | #294 | 0.33 |
| 1897 | 42 | #281 | 0.37 |
| 1896 | 31 | #349 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 34 | #313 | 0.29 |
| 1894 | 23 | #394 | 0.20 |
| 1893 | 35 | #297 | 0.31 |
| 1892 | 33 | #326 | 0.27 |
| 1891 | 36 | #271 | 0.36 |
| 1890 | 26 | #347 | 0.23 |
| 1889 | 34 | #291 | 0.31 |
| 1888 | 32 | #322 | 0.26 |
| 1887 | 28 | #317 | 0.28 |
| 1886 | 28 | #323 | 0.25 |
| 1885 | 21 | #392 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 22 | #381 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 22 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1882 | 26 | #352 | 0.23 |
| 1881 | 29 | #303 | 0.29 |
| 1880 | 42 | #260 | 0.38 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Myron a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 45,832 Americans recorded as Myron, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 102 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Myron: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Myron, and how old are they?
22,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 45,832 Americans ever recorded as Myron. The median Myron alive today is 58 years old; half are between 39 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 23,379 people named Myron (191 women and girls, 23,188 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 25,062 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,990 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,810 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,470 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,620 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,250 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,350 |
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 Myron born?
The states with the most babies named Myron are New York, Ohio and Illinois, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,588 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 3,451 | #699 | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 2,443 | #1,426 | 1.0× |
| California | 2,400 | #2,135 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,036 | #1,067 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 2,000 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Minnesota | 1,940 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Wisconsin | 1,907 | #509 | 1.8× |
| Indiana | 1,669 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 1,325 | #2,838 | 0.5× |
Where Myron is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Myron is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 4.3 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 boys’ 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 Myron 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 46,970 babies since 1880, Myron is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 102 of their 198 babies (52%), again the most given.
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 Myron
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 Myron and names like it
- Compare Myron and MironBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sMyron peaked in 1930.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Myron since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Myron: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Myron.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Myron alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.