Myrta

Girl · recorded 1880–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1883best year

Most popular in 1883.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five girls 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

09819618801907193419601987

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 88 recorded years as a table
Myrta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880187
1881141
1882195
1883196
1884171
1885143
1886118
1887116
1888112
188978
189068
189154
189257
189352
189422
189539
189684
189721
189827
189943
190020
190227
190429
190527
190620
190716
190914
191117
191218
191314
191412
191513
191614
191719
191812
19195
192018
192119
192214
192315
192415
192511
192610
192711
192815
192913
193012
193114
193211
19349
19358
19365
193712
19388
19397
194010
19418
19428
19436
19447
19463
19478
19494
19523
19534
19544
19556
19565
19577
19584
19595
19604
19612
19625
19635
19653
19666
19675
19684
19695
19703
19713
19724
19733
19743
19814
19864
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Myrta 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1987
5
Rank in 1987
#11,325
How rare
1 in 347,726 girls
Since 1880
960

Myrta was last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1883, at 196 per million girls born.

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

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