Myrtis

Girl · recorded 1882–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

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 1882

09418818821908193519611987

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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 98 recorded years as a table
Myrtis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188274
188447
188648
188769
188873
188984
189053
189181
1892118
189361
189490
189581
189688
1897132
1898100
189994
1900130
1901121
1902151
1903149
1904149
1905168
1906156
1907166
1908114
1909156
1910179
1911141
1912188
1913162
1914142
1915140
1916145
1917146
1918131
1919142
1920139
1921175
1922121
1923124
1924141
1925150
1926138
1927113
1928127
1929118
1930106
1931109
1932104
1933107
1934101
1935102
1936118
193788
193893
193988
194078
194164
194267
194359
194457
194555
194652
194737
194835
194935
195032
195132
195235
195330
195425
195525
195623
195725
195818
195918
196014
196110
196214
196312
19648
196511
19667
19678
19684
196911
19708
19716
19725
19735
19743
19763
19776
19785
19815
19826
19843
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Myrtis 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 1882
6,121

Myrtis 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 1912, at 188 per million girls born.

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

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