Myrta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Myrta

The Social Security Administration has registered 960 babies named Myrta between 1880 and 1987, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myrta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrta performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Myrta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Myrta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myrta 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 960 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.