Myrtis
Myrtis was last recorded in 1987, when 5 babies were given it; 6,126 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1987 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,320 Americans named Myrtis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 77 years old and half are between 69 and 85.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Myrtis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Myrtis?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,577, in 1987; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
216 babies in 1921, the peak
Myrtis peaked in 1921, when 216 girls were given it, #470 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 5 | #12,577 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,569 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,695 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,881 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,239 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,685 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,323 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,715 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,466 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,367 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (98)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 10 | #5,384 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,180 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,281 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,763 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,600 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,882 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,800 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,338 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,527 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,296 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,808 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,178 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,456 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,453 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 64 | #1,190 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 58 | #1,220 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 55 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 60 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 66 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 82 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 72 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 75 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 83 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 90 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 77 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 89 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 97 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 103 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 94 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 123 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 107 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 105 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 108 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 111 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 116 | #618 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 119 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 132 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 146 | #584 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 135 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 164 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 182 | #530 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 176 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 150 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 145 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 216 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 166 | #558 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 160 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1918 | 152 | #581 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 158 | #533 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 151 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1915 | 138 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 108 | #537 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 101 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 105 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1911 | 59 | #555 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 71 | #484 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 54 | #514 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 38 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 53 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 46 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 49 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1904 | 41 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 39 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 40 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 29 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 39 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 22 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 26 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 31 | #534 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 21 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 19 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 20 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 13 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 25 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 15 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 10 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 15 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 13 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 10 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 7 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 6 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 8 | #718 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Myrtis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Myrtis has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 98 years of records.
Girls and boys named Myrtis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Myrtis, and how old are they?
1,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 22% of the 6,126 Americans ever recorded as Myrtis. The median Myrtis alive today is 77 years old; half are between 69 and 85.
The 2020 Census counted 1,511 people named Myrtis (1,455 women and girls, 56 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,822 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 491 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 661 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 125 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 27 |
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 Myrtis born?
The states with the most babies named Myrtis are Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Louisiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1,211 | not ranked | 10.5× |
| Louisiana | 956 | not ranked | 8.1× |
| Georgia | 722 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Alabama | 498 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| South Carolina | 345 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Texas | 255 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 124 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Arkansas | 116 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 21 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Myrtis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Myrtis is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 10.5 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 girls’ 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 Myrtis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Myrtis
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 Myrtis and names like it
- Compare Myrtis and ErmaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMyrtis peaked in 1921.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Myrtis since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Myrtis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Myrtis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.