first name
MYRTLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,323 people named Myrtle, 64.2% reported their origin as White, 29.6% as Black and 2.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Myrtle peaked in 1918, when 4,094 babies got the name.
At least 136,984 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.
Myrtle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #41. The largest share of babies named Myrtle, 55.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Myrtle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Myrtle has been most common in North Dakota (3.4×), Kentucky (3×), and West Virginia (2.9×), and least common in Arizona (0.15×).
87,083 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Myrtle ranks #58,829 of 156,621, with 372 people. See Myrtle as a last name
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