Myrtle

Boy · recorded 1880–1943

  • 1943last recorded
  • 1903best year

Most popular in 1903.

Last recorded in 1943. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05911718801896191219271943

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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 55 recorded years as a table
Myrtle, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188452
188546
188672
188769
188990
189045
189159
189241
189371
189452
1895102
1896109
189857
189966
190185
190273
1903117
190447
190653
190748
190845
190930
191036
191135
191212
191316
191412
191526
191616
191718
191818
191910
19208
192113
19226
19238
19248
19258
192614
19279
192814
19296
193014
193116
193211
19335
19348
19357
193610
19379
19386
19404
19414
19434

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Myrtle 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 1943
5
Rank in 1943
#3,538
How rare
1 in 285,459 boys
Since 1880
498

Myrtle was last recorded in 1943. 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 1903, at 117 per million boys born.

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

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