Myrl
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Myrl has been given to 3,092 babies in the U.S. since 1887. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1916, with 84 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% girls, 41% boys all-time.
Babies named Myrl, 1956
1 in 824,000
Myrl over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Myrl over time
In 1972, Myrl went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Myrl?
Myrl had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1956, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1956
- 1 in 824,000
- 5 of 4,122,003 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 401,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1956
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 571,432 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Myrl sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1956 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 571,432 children born in 1956 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Myrl. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Myrls were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Myrl was born before 1920 — so the typical Myrl is around 105 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 31.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 19.0%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 37
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 31.0% of all recorded uses (567).
Is Myrl 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1916 (84)
- Years since peak
- 109
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 27.5% average annual change
Spellings of Myrl
Myrl is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 87.5% against Myrl's 0.04%.
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 Myrl is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Myrl was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 212,572 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Myrl has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Myrl is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Myrl was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 552,481 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Oklahoma1 in 100,000
- 2Kansas1 in —
- 3Missouri1 in —
- 4Nebraska1 in —
- 5Ohio1 in —
- 6Pennsylvania1 in —
- 7Texas1 in —
- 8West Virginia1 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. Myrl has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Myrl by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Myrl
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Myrl
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.