Myra is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1958 and has grown less common since.
Myra is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #663 for girl births in the United States (and #1,310 across all names), given to 429 babies. Myra first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1958 (1,288 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 429 | 429 | #663 | — |
| 2024 | 455 | 455 | #646 | — |
| 2023 | 507 | 507 | #592 | — |
| 2022 | 540 | 540 | #563 | — |
| 2021 | 507 | 507 | #592 | — |
| 2020 | 533 | 533 | #556 | — |
| 2019 | 572 | 572 | #537 | — |
| 2018 | 634 | 634 | #491 | — |
| 2017 | 616 | 616 | #509 | — |
| 2016 | 564 | 564 | #552 | — |
| 2015 | 493 | 493 | #600 | — |
| 2014 | 448 | 448 | #639 | — |
| 2013 | 353 | 353 | #773 | — |
| 2012 | 307 | 307 | #871 | — |
| 2011 | 342 | 342 | #793 | — |
| 2010 | 265 | 265 | #966 | — |
| 2009 | 303 | 303 | #901 | — |
| 2008 | 242 | 242 | #1,081 | — |
| 2007 | 231 | 231 | #1,124 | — |
| 2006 | 255 | 255 | #1,010 | — |
| 2005 | 240 | 240 | #1,017 | — |
| 2004 | 226 | 226 | #1,032 | — |
| 2003 | 249 | 249 | #944 | — |
| 2002 | 245 | 245 | #913 | — |
| 2001 | 233 | 233 | #953 | — |
| 2000 | 230 | 230 | #935 | — |
| 1999 | 234 | 234 | #904 | — |
| 1998 | 228 | 228 | #920 | — |
| 1997 | 201 | — | #974 | — |
| 1996 | 236 | — | #846 | — |
| 1995 | 226 | — | #861 | — |
| 1994 | 241 | — | #835 | — |
| 1993 | 246 | — | #816 | — |
| 1992 | 274 | — | #761 | — |
| 1991 | 287 | — | #725 | — |
| 1990 | 300 | — | #702 | — |
| 1989 | 270 | — | #732 | — |
| 1988 | 302 | — | #649 | — |
| 1987 | 293 | — | #645 | — |
| 1986 | 328 | — | #602 | #5,740 |
| 1985 | 308 | — | #615 | — |
| 1984 | 311 | — | #586 | — |
| 1983 | 323 | — | #565 | — |
| 1982 | 337 | — | #558 | #7,034 |
| 1981 | 350 | — | #537 | — |
| 1980 | 367 | — | #524 | — |
| 1979 | 318 | — | #572 | — |
| 1978 | 355 | — | #523 | — |
| 1977 | 345 | — | #530 | — |
| 1976 | 341 | — | #522 | — |
| 1975 | 367 | — | #493 | — |
| 1974 | 384 | — | #471 | — |
| 1973 | 404 | — | #456 | — |
| 1972 | 362 | — | #492 | — |
| 1971 | 451 | — | #455 | — |
| 1970 | 454 | — | #462 | — |
| 1969 | 452 | — | #456 | — |
| 1968 | 510 | — | #413 | — |
| 1967 | 508 | — | #413 | — |
| 1966 | 528 | — | #403 | — |
| 1965 | 638 | — | #360 | — |
| 1964 | 749 | — | #348 | — |
| 1963 | 863 | — | #319 | — |
| 1962 | 905 | — | #312 | #4,457 |
| 1961 | 1,037 | — | #288 | — |
| 1960 | 1,174 | — | #261 | — |
| 1959 | 1,250 | — | #246 | #4,387 |
| 1958 | 1,296 | — | #237 | #3,199 |
| 1957 | 1,106 | — | #259 | — |
| 1956 | 896 | — | #298 | — |
| 1955 | 916 | — | #284 | — |
| 1954 | 960 | — | #271 | — |
| 1953 | 966 | — | #261 | — |
| 1952 | 941 | — | #259 | — |
| 1951 | 1,028 | — | #243 | — |
| 1950 | 1,032 | — | #236 | — |
| 1949 | 1,013 | — | #234 | — |
| 1948 | 1,088 | — | #223 | — |
| 1947 | 1,141 | — | #222 | — |
| 1946 | 824 | — | #246 | #3,413 |
| 1945 | 742 | — | #248 | #3,635 |
| 1944 | 719 | — | #253 | — |
| 1943 | 891 | — | #221 | #3,886 |
| 1942 | 929 | — | #216 | — |
| 1941 | 788 | — | #220 | — |
| 1940 | 749 | — | #224 | — |
| 1939 | 658 | — | #244 | — |
| 1938 | 724 | — | #231 | — |
| 1937 | 642 | — | #248 | — |
| 1936 | 574 | — | #255 | — |
| 1935 | 595 | — | #257 | — |
| 1934 | 593 | — | #255 | — |
| 1933 | 512 | — | #271 | — |
| 1932 | 560 | — | #265 | — |
| 1931 | 511 | — | #275 | — |
| 1930 | 489 | — | #300 | — |
| 1929 | 490 | — | #295 | — |
| 1928 | 521 | — | #288 | — |
| 1927 | 535 | — | #289 | — |
| 1926 | 466 | — | #307 | — |
| 1925 | 502 | — | #299 | — |
| 1924 | 492 | — | #302 | — |
| 1923 | 473 | — | #297 | — |
| 1922 | 468 | — | #295 | — |
| 1921 | 523 | — | #289 | — |
| 1920 | 516 | — | #289 | — |
| 1919 | 461 | — | #297 | — |
| 1918 | 468 | — | #295 | — |
| 1917 | 465 | — | #286 | — |
| 1916 | 427 | — | #291 | #4,308 |
| 1915 | 390 | — | #294 | — |
| 1914 | 322 | — | #293 | — |
| 1913 | 305 | — | #266 | — |
| 1912 | 224 | — | #302 | — |
| 1911 | 186 | — | #286 | — |
| 1910 | 155 | — | #309 | — |
| 1909 | 144 | — | #300 | — |
| 1908 | 148 | — | #291 | — |
| 1907 | 142 | — | #293 | — |
| 1906 | 139 | — | #283 | — |
| 1905 | 126 | — | #298 | — |
| 1904 | 119 | — | #296 | — |
| 1903 | 128 | — | #275 | — |
| 1902 | 136 | — | #268 | — |
| 1901 | 115 | — | #278 | — |
| 1900 | 164 | — | #254 | — |
| 1899 | 115 | — | #268 | — |
| 1898 | 143 | — | #249 | — |
| 1897 | 138 | — | #242 | — |
| 1896 | 158 | — | #220 | — |
| 1895 | 127 | — | #247 | — |
| 1894 | 148 | — | #218 | — |
| 1893 | 117 | — | #245 | — |
| 1892 | 113 | — | #247 | — |
| 1891 | 113 | — | #229 | — |
| 1890 | 133 | — | #209 | — |
| 1889 | 121 | — | #208 | — |
| 1888 | 134 | — | #193 | — |
| 1887 | 95 | — | #214 | — |
| 1886 | 96 | — | #202 | — |
| 1885 | 84 | — | #217 | — |
| 1884 | 98 | — | #183 | — |
| 1883 | 81 | — | #187 | — |
| 1882 | 89 | — | #170 | — |
| 1881 | 72 | — | #177 | — |
| 1880 | 83 | — | #158 | — |