How Many People Are Named Myrle?
people named Myrle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 899,433 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,108 babies named Myrle in Social Security records from 1884 to 1966, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Myrle, 70.6% were girls and 29.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Myrle fell from 100% in the 1890s to 54.6% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Myrle alive today is about 81 years old, and 99% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 74 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Myrle first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1918, to 122 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1966.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 1966
🏆 Rank History
Myrle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #638, in 1897. Among boys, its best rank was #1,079, in 1906.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #638 (1897) | #1,079 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #894 in the 1920s | #1,682 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Myrle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Myrle were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Myrle was given 33.2 times as often in Utah, 4.3 times in Texas and 3.5 times in Pennsylvania.
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