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How popular is “Myra” in the USA?

Number of people named “Myra” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Myra” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Myra” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Myra” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Myra” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Myra” by birth year

This chart shows how “Myra” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 83 0.000411943 83 100%
1881 72 0.000373661 72 100%
1882 89 0.000401746 89 100%
1883 81 0.000373365 81 100%
1884 98 0.000402529 98 100%
1885 84 0.000348759 84 100%
1886 96 0.000376005 96 100%
1887 95 0.000384006 95 100%
1888 134 0.000447451 134 100%
1889 121 0.000418763 121 100%
1890 133 0.000441273 133 100%
1891 113 0.000394177 113 100%
1892 113 0.000337945 113 100%
1893 117 0.000359753 117 100%
1894 148 0.000436978 148 100%
1895 127 0.000361803 127 100%
1896 158 0.000441978 158 100%
1897 138 0.000397744 138 100%
1898 143 0.00037488 143 100%
1899 115 0.000338999 115 100%
1900 164 0.000364236 164 100%
1901 115 0.000332551 115 100%
1902 136 0.000351664 136 100%
1903 128 0.000335782 128 100%
1904 119 0.00029493 119 100%
1905 126 0.000297224 126 100%
1906 139 0.000324425 139 100%
1907 142 0.00030512 142 100%
1908 148 0.000302876 148 100%
1909 144 0.000281677 144 100%
1910 155 0.000262396 155 100%
1911 186 0.000288695 186 100%
1912 224 0.000226706 224 100%
1913 305 0.000268224 305 100%
1914 322 0.000227346 322 100%
1915 390 0.000212833 390 100%
1916 427 0.000220738 422 5 98%
1917 465 0.000231718 465 100%
1918 468 0.000215558 468 100%
1919 461 0.000218458 461 100%
1920 516 0.000228052 516 100%
1921 523 0.00022403 523 100%
1922 468 0.000204442 468 100%
1923 473 0.000205431 473 100%
1924 492 0.000206583 492 100%
1925 502 0.000215146 502 100%
1926 466 0.00020297 466 100%
1927 535 0.000230667 535 100%
1928 521 0.000230435 521 100%
1929 490 0.000223524 490 100%
1930 489 0.000219945 489 100%
1931 511 0.000242826 511 100%
1932 560 0.000265241 560 100%
1933 512 0.000256071 512 100%
1934 593 0.000285533 593 100%
1935 595 0.000284703 595 100%
1936 574 0.000276283 574 100%
1937 642 0.000301314 642 100%
1938 724 0.000327221 724 100%
1939 658 0.000298624 658 100%
1940 749 0.000325272 749 100%
1941 788 0.000323425 788 100%
1942 929 0.000340067 929 100%
1943 891 0.000315671 886 5 99%
1944 719 0.000267278 719 100%
1945 742 0.000279693 737 5 99%
1946 824 0.000257878 818 6 99%
1947 1141 0.00031674 1141 100%
1948 1088 0.000315132 1088 100%
1949 1013 0.000290693 1013 100%
1950 1032 0.000294575 1032 100%
1951 1028 0.000279064 1028 100%
1952 941 0.000247762 941 100%
1953 966 0.000250672 966 100%
1954 960 0.000241163 960 100%
1955 916 0.00022814 916 100%
1956 896 0.000217316 896 100%
1957 1106 0.000263199 1106 100%
1958 1295 0.000313263 1287 8 99%
1959 1251 0.000300866 1246 5 99%
1960 1175 0.000282872 1175 100%
1961 1036 0.000250103 1036 100%
1962 905 0.000224267 900 5 99%
1963 863 0.000218028 863 100%
1964 749 0.000192664 749 100%
1965 638 0.000175978 638 100%
1966 528 0.000151914 528 100%
1967 508 0.000149636 508 100%
1968 510 0.000150958 510 100%
1969 452 0.00013006 452 100%
1970 454 0.000125883 454 100%
1971 451 0.000131397 451 100%
1972 362 0.000115177 362 100%
1973 404 0.000133913 404 100%
1974 384 0.000126316 384 100%
1975 367 0.000121548 367 100%
1976 341 0.000112382 341 100%
1977 345 0.00010861 345 100%
1978 355 0.000111851 355 100%
1979 318 0.000095582 318 100%
1980 367 0.000106546 367 100%
1981 350 0.000101174 350 100%
1982 337 0.000096067 332 5 97%
1983 323 0.000093263 323 100%
1984 311 0.000089144 311 100%
1985 308 0.000086296 308 100%
1986 328 0.000092211 321 7 96%
1987 293 0.000081262 293 100%
1988 302 0.000081731 302 100%
1989 270 0.000070231 270 100%
1990 300 0.000075902 300 100%
1991 287 0.000073679 287 100%
1992 274 0.000071331 274 100%
1993 245 0.000064982 245 100%
1994 242 0.000065095 242 100%
1995 226 0.000061712 226 100%
1996 236 0.000064707 236 100%
1997 201 0.000055437 201 100%
1998 228 0.000061987 228 100%
1999 234 0.000063348 234 100%
2000 230 0.000060848 230 100%
2001 233 0.000062243 233 100%
2002 245 0.000065538 245 100%
2003 249 0.000065486 249 100%
2004 226 0.000059148 226 100%
2005 240 0.000062421 240 100%
2006 255 0.000064456 255 100%
2007 231 0.000057783 231 100%
2008 242 0.000061567 242 100%
2009 303 0.000079316 303 100%
2010 265 0.000071704 265 100%
2011 342 0.000093499 342 100%
2012 307 0.00008394 307 100%
2013 353 0.000096827 353 100%
2014 448 0.000120873 448 100%
2015 493 0.00013321 493 100%
2016 564 0.000153733 564 100%
2017 616 0.00017225 616 100%
2018 634 0.000180324 634 100%
2019 572 0.000164797 572 100%
2020 533 0.000159553 533 100%
2021 507 0.000149648 507 100%
2022 540 0.000159615 540 100%
2023 505 0.000152513 505 100%
2024 453 0.000136097 453 100%

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