Girls' name · since 1880
Myrtie
Myrtie has 4,401 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,401
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Myrtie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 4,401 have been recorded since 1880.
Myrtie has 4,401 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1969.
- #2,802 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 4,401 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Myrtie ranks #2,802 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 4,401 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,802 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 4,401
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Myrtie's 4,401 recorded births place it above 96.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Myrtie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Myrtie splits its recorded history at 1921: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 114 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Myrtie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1969
- Peak year (1917)
- 114
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Myrtie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (839 births, 19% of the file).
1910s was Myrtie's strongest decade.
839 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Myrtie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
651 births
- 1890s
1890s
760 births
- 1900s
1900s
601 births
- 1910s
1910s
839 births
- 1920s
1920s
756 births
- 1930s
1930s
466 births
- 1940s 221
1940s
221 births
- 1950s 85
1950s
85 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 839 births (19% of all-time use).
How Myrtie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Myrtie's total volume
Myrtie by state
Where Myrtie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 266 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 211 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 178 | 4.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 176 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 175 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 58 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 48 | 1.1% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 27 | 0.6% |
266 of 4,401 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Myrtie appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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- Myrtie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (839 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Myrties (266 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Myrtie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~89 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Myrtie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.