Myra Girl
How popular is Myra?
#662 girl name in 2025
429 baby girls were named Myra in the US in 2025, making it the 662nd most popular girl name.
Myra popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #662 for girls (▼ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 429 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #600 in 2015, #556 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (1,288 girls) |
| Highest rank | #156 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Myra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mira family of names ranked #234 for girls in 2025, with 1,444 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mira | 916 | 63% |
| Myra | 429 | 30% |
| Myrah | 32 | 2% |
| Mirai | 20 | 1% |
| Mirah | 14 | 1% |
| Mirra | 12 | 1% |
| Miray | 16 | 1% |
| Mihra | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Myra is most popular
Babies named Myra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.7 per 1,000 (103 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.6 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Iowa: 0.6 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (105 girls)
- Indiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (79 girls)
Myra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 953 | #156 |
| 1890s | 1,305 | #208 |
| 1900s | 1,361 | #253 |
| 1910s | 3,398 | #266 |
| 1920s | 4,986 | #288 |
| 1930s | 5,858 | #231 |
| 1940s | 8,868 | #216 |
| 1950s | 10,378 | #236 |
| 1960s | 7,359 | #260 |
| 1970s | 3,781 | #455 |
| 1980s | 3,177 | #524 |
| 1990s | 2,473 | #700 |
| 2000s | 2,454 | #900 |
| 2010s | 4,594 | #491 |
| 2020s | 2,971 | #556 |
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Questions
- Is Myra a boy or girl name?
- Myra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Myra were girls.
- How popular is the name Myra?
- 429 baby girls were named Myra in the US in 2025, making it the 662nd most popular girl name.
- When was Myra most popular?
- Myra peaked in 1958, when 1,288 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #156 in 1880.
- How many people are named Myra?
- 63,967 babies have been named Myra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 41,389 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Myra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Myra was most common in Washington, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.