Masculine dossier · first seen 1893

Myer

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Myer
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1893Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

35.4%

2024

All-time

1,047

Myer has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 48 boys were named Myer.

In 2024, only 31 boys were given the name.

Down 35.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,047 Americans have been named Myer and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1893.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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