first name
MYRON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,379 people named Myron, 59.6% reported their origin as White, 30.5% as Black and 3% as American Indian or Alaska Native. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Myron peaked in 1930, when 727 babies got the name.
At least 45,832 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.
Myron by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #467. The largest share of babies named Myron, 25.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Myron is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Myron has been most common in North Dakota (7.5×), South Dakota (4.5×), and Nebraska (2.7×), and least common in West Virginia (0.26×).
39,304 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.
Either side of Myron
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Myron, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Myron ranks #28,625 of 156,621, with 885 people. See Myron as a last name
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