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Myrle

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Myrle has been given to 3,108 babies in the U.S. since 1884. 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 1915, with 98 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Myrle, 1962

1 in 576,000

Myrle over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Myrle over time

In 1966, Myrle went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18841966

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.

Myrle: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Myrle means

Myrle is a given name.

The naming story behind Myrle

Wikidata records Myrle as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q113924389, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,405 girls were recorded with the name Myrle between 1884 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 98 in 1915; its best national rank was #638 in 1897.

In the United States, 703 boys were recorded with the name Myrle between 1903 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1925; its best national rank was #1,079 in 1906.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Myrle?

Myrle had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962
1 in 576,000
7 of 4,035,213 births
Among girls only
1 in 281,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1962
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
399,572 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Myrle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 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 399,572 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Myrle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Myrles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Myrle was born before 1921 — so the typical Myrle is around 104 today.

Median birth year
1921
About 104 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
28.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
83
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1920s — 28.4% of all recorded uses (684).

Is Myrle 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
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1915 (98)
Years since peak
110
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#638
1897

Spellings of Myrle

Myrle is not the most common spelling — Marie is, with 52.2% against Myrle's 0.23%.

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 Myrle is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Myrle was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 184,987 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 20,000
  2. 2Idaho1 in 50,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in 100,000
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  7. 7South Dakota1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

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. Myrle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Myrle is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Myrle was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 889,228 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in —
  2. 2Kansas1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 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. Myrle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Myrle around the world

Where Myrle 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.

  • South Australia
    1947–1947
    #366
    in 1947

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Myrle by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#638
1897
Peak year
1915
98 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
1962
All-time count
2,405
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,079
1906
Peak year
1925
31 that year
First recorded
1903
Last recorded
1966
All-time count
703
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Myrle

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

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Names with a curve like Myrle

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Myrle, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Myrle

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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