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Myer

#4,106 in 2025Boys' name

Physician

Myer has been given to 1,119 babies in the U.S. since 1893. In 2025 it ranked #4,106 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1918, with 48 recorded.

Babies named Myer, 2025

1 in 128,000

Myer over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Myer: meaning, origin, and history

Physician

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Myer means

Myer means “physician”, associated with mire.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Myer (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Myer is used in English.

Myer comes through Old Norse mýrr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,073 boys were recorded with the name Myer between 1893 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 1918; its best national rank was #776 in 1912.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,372 in 2020 to #4,106 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,841 in 2015 to #4,106 in 2025.

In the United States, 46 girls were recorded with the name Myer between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2023; its best national rank was #10,900 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,803 in 2020 to #11,606 in 2025.

How common is Myer?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 128,000
26 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 65,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,106
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
88,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Myer sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 88,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Myer. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Myers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Myer was born before 1928 — so the typical Myer is around 97 today.

Median birth year
1928
About 97 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
39.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
457
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Choose a decade

1910s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (331).

Is Myer rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−444
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+266
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−265
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.93×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
54.2%
Peak was 1918 (48)
Years since peak
107
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#776
1912

Spellings of Myer

Myer is not the most common spelling — Tyler is, with 64.9% against Myer's 0.12%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Myer is used

Across 1910–2025, Myer was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 198,975 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 33,333
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Myer has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Myer around the world

Where Myer ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2017
    #4,812
    in 2017
  • Canada
    2013–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Myer by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,106
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 266
Best rank ever
#776
1912
Peak year
1918
48 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,073
Count in 2025
26

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,606
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 197
Best rank ever
#10,900
2023
Peak year
2023
9 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
46
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Myer

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Myer

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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