The name Myra is of Latin origin, and means scented oil.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Myra has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Myra
Use of the Name Myra for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
54,813
23,174
6,594
2,076
951
246
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Myra has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Myra last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 2003, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Myra
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
158
83
1881
177
72
1882
170
89
1883
187
81
1884
183
98
1885
217
84
1886
202
96
1887
214
95
1888
193
134
1889
208
121
1890
209
133
1891
229
113
1892
247
113
1893
245
117
1894
218
148
1895
247
127
1896
220
158
1897
242
138
1898
249
143
1899
268
115
1900
254
164
1901
278
115
1902
268
136
1903
275
128
1904
296
119
1905
298
126
1906
282
139
1907
293
142
1908
291
148
1909
298
144
1910
309
155
1911
285
186
1912
301
223
1913
265
305
1914
293
322
1915
294
391
1916
291
421
1917
286
463
1918
295
467
1919
297
462
1920
289
516
1921
289
523
1922
296
465
1923
296
473
1924
301
494
1925
298
503
1926
307
467
1927
288
535
1928
288
517
1929
295
492
1930
300
488
1931
275
511
1932
266
559
1933
272
511
1934
255
593
1935
257
595
1936
255
573
1937
247
642
1938
231
722
1939
243
659
1940
222
749
1941
220
786
1942
216
929
1943
220
886
1944
251
720
1945
248
736
1946
245
820
1947
222
1,140
1948
222
1,089
1949
234
1,011
1950
236
1,029
1951
242
1,026
1952
258
943
1953
261
966
1954
271
957
1955
285
918
1956
298
895
1957
259
1,106
1958
236
1,287
1959
246
1,244
1960
261
1,172
1961
288
1,035
1962
311
902
1963
319
863
1964
348
748
1965
357
639
1966
400
528
1967
416
506
1968
414
508
1969
453
453
1970
463
452
1971
456
449
1972
492
363
1973
456
405
1974
469
384
1975
493
367
1976
522
340
1977
530
346
1978
522
355
1979
579
315
1980
525
367
1981
539
349
1982
558
329
1983
564
323
1984
588
307
1985
615
308
1986
600
321
1987
646
292
1988
648
302
1989
731
270
1990
701
301
1991
725
287
1992
760
274
1993
818
245
1994
830
243
1995
861
226
1996
844
236
1997
972
201
1998
919
228
1999
903
234
2000
936
229
2001
951
232
2002
914
244
2003
948
246
Totals:
54,813
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Myra as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Myra appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 124 times during the last 125 years.