Myrtle
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Myrtle is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Myrtle mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Myrtle a girl's or a boy's name?
Myrtle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Myrtle in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Myrtle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Myrtle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Myrtle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Myrtle, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1918, with 4,076 girls.
2025 had more girls named Myrtle than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Myrtle in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1926, the years shaded on the chart below.
Myrtle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 57 | #1,625 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 74 | #1,279 |
| 1967 | 85 | #1,147 |
| 1966 | 88 | #1,129 |
| 1965 | 117 | #944 |
| 1964 | 115 | #997 |
| 1963 | 110 | #1,016 |
| 1962 | 145 | #871 |
| 1961 | 186 | #768 |
| 1960 | 175 | #769 |
| 1959 | 182 | #753 |
| 1958 | 196 | #703 |
| 1957 | 229 | #647 |
| 1956 | 257 | #588 |
| 1955 | 316 | #518 |
| 1954 | 325 | #489 |
| 1953 | 378 | #441 |
| 1952 | 366 | #449 |
| 1951 | 397 | #417 |
| 1950 | 460 | #374 |
| 1949 | 523 | #339 |
| 1948 | 537 | #336 |
| 1947 | 596 | #319 |
| 1946 | 571 | #308 |
| 1945 | 621 | #277 |
| 1944 | 686 | #262 |
| 1943 | 843 | #232 |
| 1942 | 911 | #218 |
| 1941 | 966 | #194 |
| 1940 | 1,020 | #184 |
| 1939 | 1,064 | #179 |
| 1938 | 1,114 | #182 |
| 1937 | 1,194 | #169 |
| 1936 | 1,240 | #160 |
| 1935 | 1,312 | #153 |
| 1934 | 1,435 | #141 |
| 1933 | 1,398 | #142 |
| 1932 | 1,669 | #135 |
| 1931 | 1,711 | #134 |
| 1930 | 1,997 | #123 |
| 1929 | 2,126 | #117 |
| 1928 | 2,243 | #116 |
| 1927 | 2,550 | #109 |
| 1926 | 2,756 | #101 |
| 1925 | 2,980 | #95 |
| 1924 | 3,205 | #89 |
| 1923 | 3,314 | #84 |
| 1922 | 3,649 | #75 |
| 1921 | 3,791 | #73 |
| 1920 | 3,955 | #68 |
| 1919 | 3,816 | #67 |
| 1918 | 4,076 | #62 |
| 1917 | 4,046 | #58 |
| 1916 | 3,960 | #58 |
| 1915 | 3,865 | #58 |
| 1914 | 3,049 | #60 |
| 1913 | 2,843 | #53 |
| 1912 | 2,599 | #50 |
| 1911 | 2,033 | #50 |
| 1910 | 2,145 | #43 |
| 1909 | 1,950 | #43 |
| 1908 | 1,952 | #43 |
| 1907 | 1,929 | #39 |
| 1906 | 1,921 | #37 |
| 1905 | 2,026 | #33 |
| 1904 | 1,905 | #34 |
| 1903 | 1,980 | #29 |
| 1902 | 1,884 | #32 |
| 1901 | 1,892 | #28 |
| 1900 | 2,252 | #32 |
| 1899 | 1,821 | #30 |
| 1898 | 2,090 | #29 |
| 1897 | 1,833 | #29 |
| 1896 | 1,928 | #30 |
| 1895 | 1,938 | #28 |
| 1894 | 1,818 | #27 |
| 1893 | 1,759 | #29 |
| 1892 | 1,666 | #32 |
| 1891 | 1,458 | #31 |
| 1890 | 1,406 | #34 |
| 1889 | 1,361 | #33 |
| 1888 | 1,310 | #35 |
| 1887 | 1,087 | #36 |
| 1886 | 1,094 | #35 |
| 1885 | 1,026 | #34 |
| 1884 | 979 | #34 |
| 1883 | 851 | #37 |
| 1882 | 803 | #38 |
| 1881 | 643 | #37 |
| 1880 | 615 | #40 |
Names like Myrtle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Myrtle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/myrtle, updated 20 October 2026.