Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Myrtle

#298 most common girls' name of all time · #550 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#298
Rank overall
#550 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
136,984
Since 2016
37
Peak year
1918 #62
Best rank
#27 1894
Girls Boys peak 4,094/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Myrtle is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 — 8 #10,917
2023 6 — 6 #13,462
2022 6 — 6 #13,592
2019 12 — 12 #8,597
2016 5 — 5 #16,215
2014 9 — 9 #10,955
2013 5 — 5 #16,547
2005 6 — 6 #14,502
1997 6 — 6 #12,070
1996 8 — 8 #9,581
1995 9 — 9 #8,768
1994 9 — 9 #8,804
1993 7 — 7 #10,588
1992 6 — 6 #11,738
1991 9 — 9 #8,588
1990 8 — 8 #9,247
1989 9 — 9 #8,037
1988 7 — 7 #9,244
1987 13 — 13 #5,613
1986 15 — 15 #4,964
1985 10 — 10 #6,458
1984 16 — 16 #4,480
1983 14 — 14 #4,884
1982 24 — 24 #3,419
1981 18 — 18 #4,162
1980 27 — 27 #3,134
1979 22 — 22 #3,541
1978 22 — 22 #3,388
1977 30 — 30 #2,715
1976 27 — 27 #2,792
1975 41 — 41 #2,097
1974 34 — 34 #2,290
1973 36 — 36 #2,171
1972 37 — 37 #2,093
1971 57 — 57 #1,625
1970 50 — 50 #1,781
1969 71 — 71 #1,355
1968 74 — 74 #1,279
1967 85 — 85 #1,147
1966 88 — 88 #1,129
1965 117 — 117 #944
1964 115 — 115 #997
1963 110 — 110 #1,016
1962 145 — 145 #871
1961 186 — 186 #768
1960 175 — 175 #769
1959 182 — 182 #753
1958 196 — 196 #704
1957 229 — 229 #648
1956 257 — 257 #589
1955 316 — 316 #519
1954 325 — 325 #490
1953 378 — 378 #442
1952 366 — 366 #450
1951 397 — 397 #418
1950 460 — 460 #375
1949 523 — 523 #339
1948 537 — 537 #336
1947 596 — 596 #319
1946 571 — 571 #308
1945 621 — 621 #277
1944 686 — 686 #262
1943 843 5 848 #232
1942 911 — 911 #218
1941 966 5 971 #194
1940 1,020 5 1,025 #184
1939 1,064 — 1,064 #179
1938 1,114 7 1,121 #182
1937 1,194 10 1,204 #169
1936 1,240 10 1,250 #160
1935 1,312 7 1,319 #153
1934 1,435 8 1,443 #141
1933 1,398 5 1,403 #142
1932 1,669 11 1,680 #135
1931 1,711 17 1,728 #134
1930 1,997 15 2,012 #123
1929 2,126 6 2,132 #117
1928 2,243 16 2,259 #116
1927 2,550 10 2,560 #109
1926 2,756 15 2,771 #101
1925 2,980 9 2,989 #95
1924 3,205 9 3,214 #89
1923 3,314 9 3,323 #84
1922 3,649 6 3,655 #75
1921 3,791 14 3,805 #73
1920 3,955 8 3,963 #68
1919 3,816 10 3,826 #67
1918 4,076 18 4,094 #62
1917 4,046 17 4,063 #58
1916 3,960 14 3,974 #58
1915 3,865 22 3,887 #58
1914 3,049 8 3,057 #60
1913 2,843 8 2,851 #53
1912 2,599 5 2,604 #50
1911 2,033 8 2,041 #50
1910 2,145 7 2,152 #43
1909 1,950 5 1,955 #43
1908 1,952 7 1,959 #44
1907 1,929 7 1,936 #39
1906 1,921 7 1,928 #37
1905 2,026 — 2,026 #33
1904 1,905 6 1,911 #34
1903 1,980 14 1,994 #30
1902 1,884 9 1,893 #32
1901 1,892 9 1,901 #28
1900 2,252 — 2,252 #32
1899 1,821 7 1,828 #30
1898 2,090 7 2,097 #30
1897 1,833 — 1,833 #29
1896 1,928 13 1,941 #30
1895 1,938 12 1,950 #28
1894 1,818 6 1,824 #27
1893 1,759 8 1,767 #29
1892 1,666 5 1,671 #32
1891 1,458 6 1,464 #31
1890 1,406 5 1,411 #34
1889 1,361 10 1,371 #33
1888 1,310 — 1,310 #35
1887 1,087 7 1,094 #36
1886 1,094 8 1,102 #35
1885 1,026 5 1,031 #34
1884 979 6 985 #34
1883 851 — 851 #37
1882 803 — 803 #38
1881 643 — 643 #37
1880 615 5 620 #40