Myrtha — girls' name
270 babies named Myrtha in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Myrtha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Myrtha in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Myrtha
The Social Security Administration has registered 270 babies named Myrtha between 1898 and 1990, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myrtha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrtha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Myrtha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Myrtha 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 270 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.
Myrtha at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Myrtha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1898
- Peak year (1925)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
270 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 15 births in a single year.
Myrtha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 63 births that decade — 23% of Myrtha's all-time total
Myrtha decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Myrtha's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% 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, 1898–1990 (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.