Myrtle was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #27 in 1894 but is far less common today.
Myrtle is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #11,611 for girl births in the United States (and #19,525 across all names), given to 8 babies. Myrtle was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (4,076 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | #11,611 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #14,634 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | #14,779 | — |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | #8,952 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #18,047 | — |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | #11,657 | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #18,448 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #15,839 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #13,217 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #10,235 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,303 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #9,354 | — |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #11,381 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #12,829 | — |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #9,104 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,860 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,512 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #9,997 | — |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,833 | — |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #5,122 | — |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,787 | — |
| 1984 | 16 | — | #4,653 | — |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #5,052 | — |
| 1982 | 24 | — | #3,498 | — |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #4,277 | — |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #3,184 | — |
| 1979 | 22 | — | #3,627 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | — | #3,459 | — |
| 1977 | 30 | — | #2,756 | — |
| 1976 | 27 | — | #2,841 | — |
| 1975 | 41 | — | #2,121 | — |
| 1974 | 34 | — | #2,330 | — |
| 1973 | 36 | — | #2,209 | — |
| 1972 | 37 | — | #2,119 | — |
| 1971 | 57 | — | #1,634 | — |
| 1970 | 50 | — | #1,795 | — |
| 1969 | 71 | — | #1,366 | — |
| 1968 | 74 | — | #1,286 | — |
| 1967 | 85 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1966 | 88 | — | #1,133 | — |
| 1965 | 117 | — | #947 | — |
| 1964 | 115 | — | #998 | — |
| 1963 | 110 | — | #1,020 | — |
| 1962 | 145 | — | #872 | — |
| 1961 | 186 | — | #768 | — |
| 1960 | 175 | — | #772 | — |
| 1959 | 182 | — | #754 | — |
| 1958 | 196 | — | #706 | — |
| 1957 | 229 | — | #650 | — |
| 1956 | 257 | — | #590 | — |
| 1955 | 316 | — | #520 | — |
| 1954 | 325 | — | #490 | — |
| 1953 | 378 | — | #442 | — |
| 1952 | 366 | — | #450 | — |
| 1951 | 397 | — | #418 | — |
| 1950 | 460 | — | #376 | — |
| 1949 | 523 | — | #339 | — |
| 1948 | 537 | — | #336 | — |
| 1947 | 596 | — | #320 | — |
| 1946 | 571 | — | #308 | — |
| 1945 | 621 | — | #277 | — |
| 1944 | 686 | — | #262 | — |
| 1943 | 848 | — | #232 | #3,888 |
| 1942 | 911 | — | #218 | — |
| 1941 | 971 | — | #194 | #3,851 |
| 1940 | 1,025 | — | #184 | #3,797 |
| 1939 | 1,064 | — | #179 | — |
| 1938 | 1,121 | — | #182 | #3,078 |
| 1937 | 1,204 | — | #169 | #2,426 |
| 1936 | 1,250 | — | #160 | #2,406 |
| 1935 | 1,319 | — | #153 | #3,163 |
| 1934 | 1,443 | — | #141 | #2,887 |
| 1933 | 1,403 | — | #142 | #4,003 |
| 1932 | 1,680 | — | #135 | #2,418 |
| 1931 | 1,728 | — | #134 | #1,816 |
| 1930 | 2,012 | — | #123 | #2,037 |
| 1929 | 2,132 | — | #117 | #3,826 |
| 1928 | 2,259 | — | #116 | #2,020 |
| 1927 | 2,560 | — | #110 | #2,844 |
| 1926 | 2,771 | — | #101 | #2,160 |
| 1925 | 2,989 | — | #95 | #3,071 |
| 1924 | 3,214 | — | #89 | #3,180 |
| 1923 | 3,323 | — | #84 | #3,099 |
| 1922 | 3,655 | — | #75 | #4,165 |
| 1921 | 3,805 | — | #73 | #2,338 |
| 1920 | 3,963 | — | #68 | #3,402 |
| 1919 | 3,826 | — | #67 | #2,810 |
| 1918 | 4,094 | — | #62 | #1,879 |
| 1917 | 4,063 | — | #58 | #1,878 |
| 1916 | 3,974 | — | #58 | #2,117 |
| 1915 | 3,887 | — | #58 | #1,493 |
| 1914 | 3,057 | — | #60 | #2,581 |
| 1913 | 2,851 | — | #53 | #2,211 |
| 1912 | 2,604 | — | #50 | #2,792 |
| 1911 | 2,041 | — | #50 | #1,353 |
| 1910 | 2,152 | — | #43 | #1,383 |
| 1909 | 1,955 | — | #43 | #1,625 |
| 1908 | 1,959 | — | #44 | #1,185 |
| 1907 | 1,936 | — | #39 | #1,171 |
| 1906 | 1,928 | — | #37 | #1,081 |
| 1905 | 2,026 | — | #33 | — |
| 1904 | 1,911 | — | #34 | #1,166 |
| 1903 | 1,994 | — | #30 | #608 |
| 1902 | 1,893 | — | #32 | #844 |
| 1901 | 1,901 | — | #28 | #761 |
| 1900 | 2,252 | — | #32 | — |
| 1899 | 1,828 | — | #30 | #915 |
| 1898 | 2,097 | — | #30 | #963 |
| 1897 | 1,833 | — | #29 | — |
| 1896 | 1,941 | — | #30 | #620 |
| 1895 | 1,950 | — | #28 | #633 |
| 1894 | 1,824 | — | #27 | #1,043 |
| 1893 | 1,767 | — | #29 | #811 |
| 1892 | 1,671 | — | #32 | #1,200 |
| 1891 | 1,464 | — | #31 | #924 |
| 1890 | 1,411 | — | #34 | #1,110 |
| 1889 | 1,371 | — | #33 | #656 |
| 1888 | 1,310 | — | #35 | — |
| 1887 | 1,094 | — | #36 | #804 |
| 1886 | 1,102 | — | #35 | #740 |
| 1885 | 1,031 | — | #34 | #1,043 |
| 1884 | 985 | — | #34 | #933 |
| 1883 | 851 | — | #37 | — |
| 1882 | 803 | — | #38 | — |
| 1881 | 643 | — | #37 | — |
| 1880 | 620 | — | #40 | #1,018 |