Myrtle

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Myrtle first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 125 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 4,076 babies (rank #62 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Myrtle

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Myrtle yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

136,976

Total babies (all years)

125

Years in the data

4,076

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In The Great Gatsby: Myrtle Wilson — Tom's mistress

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	615	#40
1881	643	#37
1882	803	#38
1883	851	#37
1884	979	#34
1885	1,026	#34
1886	1,094	#35
1887	1,087	#36
1888	1,310	#35
1889	1,361	#33
1890	1,406	#34
1891	1,458	#31
1892	1,666	#32
1893	1,759	#29
1894	1,818	#27
1895	1,938	#28
1896	1,928	#30
1897	1,833	#29
1898	2,090	#30
1899	1,821	#30
1900	2,252	#32
1901	1,892	#28
1902	1,884	#32
1903	1,980	#30
1904	1,905	#34
1905	2,026	#33
1906	1,921	#37
1907	1,929	#39
1908	1,952	#44
1909	1,950	#43
1910	2,145	#43
1911	2,033	#50
1912	2,599	#50
1913	2,843	#53
1914	3,049	#60
1915	3,865	#58
1916	3,960	#58
1917	4,046	#58
1918	4,076	#62
1919	3,816	#67
1920	3,955	#68
1921	3,791	#73
1922	3,649	#75
1923	3,314	#84
1924	3,205	#89
1925	2,980	#95
1926	2,756	#101
1927	2,550	#110
1928	2,243	#116
1929	2,126	#117
1930	1,997	#123
1931	1,711	#134
1932	1,669	#135
1933	1,398	#142
1934	1,435	#141
1935	1,312	#153
1936	1,240	#160
1937	1,193	#169
1938	1,116	#181
1939	1,063	#179
1940	1,020	#184
1941	966	#194
1942	911	#218
1943	843	#232
1944	686	#262
1945	621	#277
1946	571	#308
1947	596	#320
1948	537	#336
1949	523	#339
1950	460	#376
1951	397	#418
1952	366	#450
1953	378	#442
1954	325	#490
1955	316	#520
1956	257	#590
1957	229	#649
1958	196	#706
1959	182	#754
1960	175	#772
1961	186	#768
1962	145	#873
1963	110	#1,020
1964	115	#998
1965	117	#947
1966	88	#1,133
1967	85	#1,153
1968	74	#1,286
1969	71	#1,366
1970	50	#1,795
1971	57	#1,634
1972	37	#2,120
1973	36	#2,209
1974	34	#2,330
1975	41	#2,121
1976	27	#2,840
1977	30	#2,756
1978	22	#3,459
1979	22	#3,627
1980	27	#3,185
1981	18	#4,278
1982	24	#3,498
1983	14	#5,052
1984	16	#4,653
1985	10	#6,786
1986	15	#5,122
1987	13	#5,833
1988	7	#9,996
1989	9	#8,512
1990	8	#9,860
1991	9	#9,104
1992	6	#12,829
1993	7	#11,381
1994	9	#9,354
1995	9	#9,303
1996	8	#10,236
1997	6	#13,217
2005	6	#15,836
2013	5	#18,446
2014	9	#11,652
2016	5	#18,043
2019	12	#8,950
2022	6	#14,770
2023	6	#14,617