Myrtis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Myrtis

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,121 babies named Myrtis between 1882 and 1987, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Myrtis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 216 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Myrtis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,612 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Myrtis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 1,211 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Myrtis in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Myrtis 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 6,121 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.