Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Myrtle

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1918

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

4,076

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

136,478

Myrtle is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 4,076 girls were named Myrtle.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 136,478 Americans have been named Myrtle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1918

19184,076 girls named Myrtle

20240 (extinct) girls named Myrtle

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