Myrna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
Myrna is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “beloved”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Myrna mean?
Irish
“beloved”
A female given name from Irish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Myrna a girl's or a boy's name?
Myrna is a girls' name.
How popular is Myrna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1938, with 1,801 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Myrna in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Myrna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,927 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,736 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,750 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,679 |
| 1984 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,434 |
| 1982 | 96 | #1,308 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 110 | #1,197 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 104 | #1,202 |
| 1977 | 130 | #1,027 |
| 1976 | 134 | #949 |
| 1975 | 125 | #984 |
| 1974 | 169 | #798 |
| 1973 | 127 | #947 |
| 1972 | 149 | #863 |
| 1971 | 164 | #836 |
| 1970 | 159 | #848 |
| 1969 | 187 | #742 |
| 1968 | 158 | #801 |
| 1967 | 192 | #705 |
| 1966 | 207 | #675 |
| 1965 | 234 | #640 |
| 1964 | 291 | #579 |
| 1963 | 306 | #559 |
| 1962 | 335 | #534 |
| 1961 | 347 | #522 |
| 1960 | 373 | #503 |
| 1959 | 403 | #482 |
| 1958 | 411 | #469 |
| 1957 | 431 | #457 |
| 1956 | 452 | #429 |
| 1955 | 429 | #426 |
| 1954 | 384 | #448 |
| 1953 | 388 | #439 |
| 1952 | 362 | #452 |
| 1951 | 478 | #370 |
| 1950 | 448 | #380 |
| 1949 | 422 | #382 |
| 1948 | 493 | #349 |
| 1947 | 646 | #308 |
| 1946 | 620 | #292 |
| 1945 | 568 | #291 |
| 1944 | 635 | #276 |
| 1943 | 839 | #234 |
| 1942 | 1,104 | #190 |
| 1941 | 1,371 | #161 |
| 1940 | 1,471 | #150 |
| 1939 | 1,600 | #144 |
| 1938 | 1,801 | #134 |
| 1937 | 1,652 | #137 |
| 1936 | 1,396 | #149 |
| 1935 | 1,059 | #176 |
| 1934 | 836 | #211 |
| 1933 | 571 | #254 |
| 1932 | 422 | #307 |
| 1931 | 415 | #314 |
| 1930 | 483 | #303 |
| 1929 | 429 | #317 |
| 1928 | 335 | #372 |
| 1927 | 203 | #490 |
| 1926 | 157 | #569 |
| 1925 | 136 | #627 |
| 1924 | 129 | #659 |
| 1923 | 131 | #642 |
| 1922 | 144 | #601 |
| 1921 | 139 | #625 |
| 1920 | 134 | #617 |
| 1919 | 152 | #558 |
| 1918 | 132 | #616 |
| 1917 | 115 | #635 |
| 1916 | 153 | #536 |
| 1915 | 128 | #570 |
| 1914 | 94 | #585 |
| 1913 | 62 | #659 |
| 1912 | 42 | #770 |
| 1911 | 61 | #535 |
| 1910 | 28 | #812 |
| 1909 | 24 | #831 |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 |
| 1907 | 21 | #819 |
| 1906 | 25 | #731 |
| 1905 | 20 | #825 |
| 1904 | 21 | #773 |
| 1903 | 22 | #712 |
| 1902 | 20 | #773 |
| 1901 | 22 | #684 |
| 1900 | 30 | #639 |
| 1899 | 15 | #835 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 14 | #867 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
Names like Myrna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Martha, Myra, Mary, Loretta, Maxine, Eileen, Mona, Marcella, Bonnie, Rita, Linda, Vera
Names related to Myrna
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Myrna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/myrna, updated 20 October 2026.