Myron
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,644 for boys
Myron is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,644th for boys in the US (102 babies).
What does Myron mean?
Greek
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Myron a girl's or a boy's name?
Myron is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 102 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Myron in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Myron, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 19 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Myron than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Myron in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Myron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 19 | #864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Myron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,644among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 102about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 102 boys in the US were named Myron, making it the 1,644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,679th. Its busiest year was 1930, with 713 boys.
Half of all the boys named Myron in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Myron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,644 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,685 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 102 | #1,678 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,679 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,523 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,443 |
| 2017 | 118 | #1,449 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,563 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,567 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,465 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,387 |
| 2012 | 114 | #1,448 |
| 2011 | 118 | #1,404 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,381 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,303 |
| 2007 | 142 | #1,237 |
| 2006 | 155 | #1,121 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,306 |
| 2004 | 142 | #1,113 |
| 2003 | 126 | #1,180 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,078 |
| 2001 | 150 | #1,006 |
| 2000 | 167 | #919 |
| 1999 | 165 | #903 |
| 1998 | 189 | #806 |
| 1997 | 180 | #812 |
| 1996 | 164 | #847 |
| 1995 | 153 | #880 |
| 1994 | 192 | #759 |
| 1993 | 197 | #741 |
| 1992 | 232 | #678 |
| 1991 | 229 | #668 |
| 1990 | 222 | #677 |
| 1989 | 255 | #615 |
| 1988 | 254 | #578 |
| 1987 | 235 | #591 |
| 1986 | 257 | #555 |
| 1985 | 264 | #536 |
| 1984 | 292 | #492 |
| 1983 | 287 | #498 |
| 1982 | 268 | #520 |
| 1981 | 308 | #475 |
| 1980 | 309 | #478 |
| 1979 | 336 | #440 |
| 1978 | 303 | #460 |
| 1977 | 337 | #433 |
| 1976 | 343 | #419 |
| 1975 | 363 | #404 |
| 1974 | 406 | #385 |
| 1973 | 357 | #413 |
| 1972 | 377 | #406 |
| 1971 | 426 | #390 |
| 1970 | 399 | #408 |
| 1969 | 418 | #382 |
| 1968 | 446 | #370 |
| 1967 | 409 | #369 |
| 1966 | 414 | #373 |
| 1965 | 498 | #341 |
| 1964 | 575 | #326 |
| 1963 | 643 | #311 |
| 1962 | 644 | #306 |
| 1961 | 663 | #300 |
| 1960 | 613 | #315 |
| 1959 | 611 | #314 |
| 1958 | 582 | #316 |
| 1957 | 659 | #290 |
| 1956 | 710 | #275 |
| 1955 | 610 | #290 |
| 1954 | 635 | #280 |
| 1953 | 640 | #275 |
| 1952 | 662 | #266 |
| 1951 | 663 | #260 |
| 1950 | 531 | #294 |
| 1949 | 517 | #296 |
| 1948 | 518 | #304 |
| 1947 | 543 | #296 |
| 1946 | 552 | #273 |
| 1945 | 491 | #265 |
| 1944 | 542 | #248 |
| 1943 | 575 | #245 |
| 1942 | 599 | #232 |
| 1941 | 623 | #214 |
| 1940 | 567 | #219 |
| 1939 | 560 | #217 |
| 1938 | 580 | #211 |
| 1937 | 513 | #231 |
| 1936 | 501 | #227 |
| 1935 | 585 | #206 |
| 1934 | 576 | #211 |
| 1933 | 561 | #209 |
| 1932 | 620 | #208 |
| 1931 | 680 | #192 |
| 1930 | 713 | #194 |
| 1929 | 657 | #200 |
| 1928 | 667 | #204 |
| 1927 | 654 | #208 |
| 1926 | 609 | #222 |
| 1925 | 593 | #224 |
| 1924 | 608 | #220 |
| 1923 | 603 | #213 |
| 1922 | 561 | #234 |
| 1921 | 612 | #216 |
| 1920 | 548 | #229 |
| 1919 | 546 | #223 |
| 1918 | 609 | #208 |
| 1917 | 489 | #223 |
| 1916 | 514 | #214 |
| 1915 | 484 | #215 |
| 1914 | 366 | #218 |
| 1913 | 276 | #227 |
| 1912 | 231 | #227 |
| 1911 | 104 | #251 |
| 1910 | 65 | #304 |
| 1909 | 59 | #296 |
| 1908 | 55 | #293 |
| 1907 | 46 | #313 |
| 1906 | 52 | #273 |
| 1905 | 42 | #311 |
| 1904 | 56 | #257 |
| 1903 | 43 | #290 |
| 1902 | 36 | #326 |
| 1901 | 44 | #259 |
| 1900 | 63 | #256 |
| 1899 | 35 | #294 |
| 1898 | 40 | #288 |
| 1897 | 42 | #279 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 34 | #310 |
| 1894 | 23 | #387 |
| 1893 | 35 | #292 |
| 1892 | 33 | #320 |
| 1891 | 36 | #269 |
| 1890 | 26 | #345 |
| 1889 | 34 | #288 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 28 | #321 |
| 1885 | 21 | #388 |
| 1884 | 22 | #375 |
| 1883 | 22 | #359 |
| 1882 | 26 | #347 |
| 1881 | 29 | #296 |
| 1880 | 42 | #258 |
Names like Myron
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Myron
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Myron: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/myron, updated 20 October 2026.