Myra
Girl · MY-ra · English
Myra is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 487th for girls in the UK (91 babies) and 662nd for girls in the US (429 babies).
What does Myra mean?
English: coined by the Elizabethan poet Fulke Greville
Coined by poet Fulke Greville for his love poems, perhaps from Latin myrrha, 'myrrh', or as an anagram of Mary.
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Is Myra a girl's or a boy's name?
Myra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 girls in the UK and 429 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Myra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #487among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 91about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 91 girls in the UK were named Myra, making it the 487th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 550th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 114 girls.
Half of all the girls named Myra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Myra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #487 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 463rd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Myra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #487 |
| 2024 | 114 | #416 |
| 2023 | 93 | #472 |
| 2022 | 98 | #475 |
| 2021 | 91 | #507 |
| 2020 | 80 | #550 |
| 2019 | 76 | #577 |
| 2018 | 107 | #458 |
| 2017 | 106 | #461 |
| 2016 | 75 | #613 |
| 2015 | 84 | #559 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,216 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Myra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #662among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 429about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 429 girls in the US were named Myra, making it the 662nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 1,288 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Myra than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Myra in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 609 girls in the US were given Myra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #505, up from #662 for this spelling alone.
Myra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 429 | #662 |
| 2024 | 455 | #645 |
| 2023 | 507 | #591 |
| 2022 | 540 | #563 |
| 2021 | 507 | #590 |
| 2020 | 533 | #556 |
| 2019 | 572 | #536 |
| 2018 | 634 | #491 |
| 2017 | 616 | #509 |
| 2016 | 564 | #552 |
| 2015 | 493 | #600 |
| 2014 | 448 | #639 |
| 2013 | 353 | #772 |
| 2012 | 307 | #865 |
| 2011 | 342 | #790 |
| 2010 | 265 | #965 |
| 2009 | 303 | #900 |
| 2008 | 242 | #1,080 |
| 2007 | 231 | #1,122 |
| 2006 | 255 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 240 | #1,015 |
| 2004 | 226 | #1,030 |
| 2003 | 249 | #944 |
| 2002 | 245 | #909 |
| 2001 | 233 | #948 |
| 2000 | 230 | #932 |
| 1999 | 234 | #902 |
| 1998 | 228 | #918 |
| 1997 | 201 | #970 |
| 1996 | 236 | #843 |
| 1995 | 226 | #858 |
| 1994 | 241 | #832 |
| 1993 | 246 | #811 |
| 1992 | 274 | #758 |
| 1991 | 287 | #724 |
| 1990 | 300 | #700 |
| 1989 | 270 | #729 |
| 1988 | 302 | #648 |
| 1987 | 293 | #643 |
| 1986 | 321 | #602 |
| 1985 | 308 | #614 |
| 1984 | 311 | #585 |
| 1983 | 323 | #562 |
| 1982 | 332 | #557 |
| 1981 | 350 | #537 |
| 1980 | 367 | #524 |
| 1979 | 318 | #572 |
| 1978 | 355 | #521 |
| 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 | #455 |
| 1968 | 510 | #413 |
| 1967 | 508 | #411 |
| 1966 | 528 | #400 |
| 1965 | 638 | #360 |
| 1964 | 749 | #348 |
| 1963 | 863 | #318 |
| 1962 | 900 | #311 |
| 1961 | 1,037 | #288 |
| 1960 | 1,174 | #260 |
| 1959 | 1,245 | #246 |
| 1958 | 1,288 | #236 |
| 1957 | 1,106 | #259 |
| 1956 | 896 | #298 |
| 1955 | 916 | #284 |
| 1954 | 960 | #271 |
| 1953 | 966 | #261 |
| 1952 | 941 | #259 |
| 1951 | 1,028 | #242 |
| 1950 | 1,032 | #236 |
| 1949 | 1,013 | #234 |
| 1948 | 1,088 | #223 |
| 1947 | 1,141 | #222 |
| 1946 | 818 | #246 |
| 1945 | 737 | #248 |
| 1944 | 719 | #251 |
| 1943 | 886 | #221 |
| 1942 | 929 | #216 |
| 1941 | 788 | #220 |
| 1940 | 749 | #223 |
| 1939 | 658 | #244 |
| 1938 | 724 | #231 |
| 1937 | 642 | #247 |
| 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 | #288 |
| 1926 | 466 | #307 |
| 1925 | 502 | #299 |
| 1924 | 492 | #301 |
| 1923 | 473 | #297 |
| 1922 | 468 | #295 |
| 1921 | 523 | #289 |
| 1920 | 516 | #289 |
| 1919 | 461 | #297 |
| 1918 | 468 | #295 |
| 1917 | 465 | #286 |
| 1916 | 422 | #291 |
| 1915 | 390 | #293 |
| 1914 | 322 | #293 |
| 1913 | 305 | #266 |
| 1912 | 224 | #301 |
| 1911 | 186 | #286 |
| 1910 | 155 | #309 |
| 1909 | 144 | #297 |
| 1908 | 148 | #290 |
| 1907 | 142 | #293 |
| 1906 | 139 | #281 |
| 1905 | 126 | #297 |
| 1904 | 119 | #296 |
| 1903 | 128 | #274 |
| 1902 | 136 | #268 |
| 1901 | 115 | #278 |
| 1900 | 164 | #253 |
| 1899 | 115 | #267 |
| 1898 | 143 | #248 |
| 1897 | 138 | #239 |
| 1896 | 158 | #220 |
| 1895 | 127 | #244 |
| 1894 | 148 | #218 |
| 1893 | 117 | #245 |
| 1892 | 113 | #247 |
| 1891 | 113 | #227 |
| 1890 | 133 | #208 |
| 1889 | 121 | #208 |
| 1888 | 134 | #193 |
| 1887 | 95 | #211 |
| 1886 | 96 | #201 |
| 1885 | 84 | #215 |
| 1884 | 98 | #181 |
| 1883 | 81 | #186 |
| 1882 | 89 | #170 |
| 1881 | 72 | #177 |
| 1880 | 83 | #156 |
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