Myrtie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Myrtie

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,401 babies named Myrtie between 1880 and 1969, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myrtie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrtie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 839 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Myrtie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Myrtie in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myrtie 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 4,401 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.