How rare is the name Myra?

42,505 people in the United States have the first name Myra, about 1 in 7,106. It ranks #1,009 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MYRA

#1,009

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
42,505
About
1 in 7,106
This common or more
70.2%
Who bears it

Of the 42,505 people named Myra, 54.1% reported their origin as White, 16.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Myra peaked in 1958, when 1,296 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1958
Births that year
1,296
In 2025*
429 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 63,967 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Myra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #334. The largest share of babies named Myra, 30%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#334953
1890s#3641,305
1900s#4351,361
1910s#5203,403
1920s#5524,986
1930s#4695,858
1940s#4248,884
1950s#47710,391
1960s#6277,364
1970s#9063,781
1980s#1,0973,189
1990s#1,4772,473
2000s#1,7662,454
2010s#1,2094,594
2020s#1,1792,971
Before 19013.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.3%
Baby boom 1946–6430%
Generation X 1965–8010.6%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–126.3%
2013 and later10.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Myra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Myra has been most common in Alabama (2.9×), North Carolina (2×), and Mississippi (1.9×), and least common in Idaho (0.18×).

55,551 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Myra

1 other first name also has 42,505 people.

#1,009 Bentley · 42,505

Either side of Myra

#1,008 Ada · 42,677#1,009 Bentley · 42,505#1,011 Tania · 42,281#1,012 Ashlyn · 42,211

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Myra, most common first.

#17,946 Myrah · 606#20,403 Myria · 507

Also a last name

As a last name, Myra ranks #101,718 of 156,621, with 189 people. See Myra as a last name

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