Myrl · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Myrl.

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 67 recorded years as a table

Myrl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1896	50
1897	44
1898	41
1899	56
1900	33
1902	57
1903	50
1906	68
1908	45
1909	49
1911	22
1912	33
1913	39
1914	26
1915	44
1916	49
1917	40
1918	38
1919	37
1920	37
1921	39
1922	27
1923	33
1924	38
1925	23
1926	25
1927	22
1928	35
1929	26
1930	21
1931	19
1932	19
1933	26
1934	23
1935	25
1936	21
1937	33
1938	26
1939	25
1940	22
1941	15
1942	13
1943	15
1944	10
1945	12
1946	13
1947	8
1948	13
1949	6
1950	7
1951	6
1952	4
1953	7
1954	3
1955	5
1956	7
1957	6
1958	6
1959	6
1960	3
1961	7
1962	6
1964	4
1966	3
1969	3
1971	3
1972	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Myrl isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1972: 5
Rank in 1972: #4,986
How rare: 1 in 324,321 boys
Since 1896: 1,261

Myrl was last recorded in 1972. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1906, at 68 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Myrl doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.