How Many People Are Named Myrna?
people named Myrna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,983 people in the US has this name
Based on 31,742 babies named Myrna in Social Security records from 1885 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,808 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of MUIRNE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Myrna (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Myrna alive today is about 70 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Myrna first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1938, to 1,808 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Myrna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #134, in 1938.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #134 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #183 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Myrna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Myrna were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,061 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Myrna was given 4.1 times as often in Montana, 3.4 times in Idaho and 3.3 times in North Dakota.
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