Meaning not yet researched.
Myrl: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #637 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #637 in 1899. No US babies were recorded with the name Myrl in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #637 in 1899.
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Myrl: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #637 in 1899 · most girls in one year: 84 (1920).
Fewer than five US girls were named Myrl in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #637, reached in 1899. The most girls given the name in a single year was 84, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #5,869 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Myrl in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #901, reached in 1906. The most boys given the name in a single year was 44, in 1916. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #2,171 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Myrl in 81 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1887 with 5 babies. In all, 3,092 US babies have been given the name, 59% of them girls and 41% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 903 babies named Myrl.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US girls named Myrl.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Merle (45,389 babies since 1880), Myrle (3,108 babies since 1880) and Merl (2,852 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Myrl in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | — | — | 5 | #5,512 |
| 1971 | — | — | 6 | #4,747 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,264 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1964 | — | — | 7 | #3,508 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1961 | — | — | 15 | #2,210 |
| 1960 | — | — | 6 | #3,933 |
| 1959 | — | — | 12 | #2,500 |
| 1958 | — | — | 12 | #2,464 |
| 1957 | — | — | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,604 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1955 | — | — | 11 | #2,515 |
| 1954 | — | — | 7 | #3,368 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,144 | 13 | #2,255 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,720 | 8 | #3,028 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,274 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,869 | 13 | #2,171 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,133 | 11 | #2,417 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,087 | 23 | #1,547 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,625 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,703 | 21 | #1,589 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,310 | 16 | #1,743 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,899 | 14 | #1,947 |
| 1943 | 19 | #2,058 | 21 | #1,562 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,177 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,160 | 19 | #1,625 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,182 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,700 | 28 | #1,261 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,191 | 29 | #1,239 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,526 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,781 | 22 | #1,447 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,826 | 26 | #1,344 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,230 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,351 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,478 | 20 | #1,631 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,414 | 20 | #1,626 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,423 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,089 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,201 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1927 | 54 | #1,050 | 25 | #1,544 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,192 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1925 | 56 | #1,006 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1924 | 67 | #933 | 43 | #1,104 |
| 1923 | 62 | #938 | 36 | #1,206 |
| 1922 | 62 | #948 | 29 | #1,385 |
| 1921 | 53 | #1,040 | 43 | #1,083 |
| 1920 | 84 | #790 | 39 | #1,151 |
| 1919 | 53 | #994 | 36 | #1,185 |
| 1918 | 74 | #837 | 39 | #1,104 |
| 1917 | 58 | #913 | 37 | #1,104 |
| 1916 | 84 | #742 | 44 | #971 |
| 1915 | 51 | #932 | 37 | #1,064 |
| 1914 | 42 | #914 | 17 | #1,532 |
| 1913 | 42 | #818 | 20 | #1,168 |
| 1912 | 33 | #884 | 14 | #1,328 |
| 1911 | 27 | #835 | 5 | #1,925 |
| 1910 | 23 | #909 | — | — |
| 1909 | 25 | #827 | 8 | #1,133 |
| 1908 | 23 | #822 | 7 | #1,184 |
| 1907 | 19 | #890 | — | — |
| 1906 | 23 | #770 | 9 | #901 |
| 1905 | 27 | #693 | — | — |
| 1904 | 15 | #958 | — | — |
| 1903 | 19 | #803 | 6 | #1,091 |
| 1902 | 19 | #812 | 7 | #996 |
| 1901 | 17 | #818 | — | — |
| 1900 | 25 | #740 | 5 | #1,438 |
| 1899 | 24 | #637 | 6 | #1,014 |
| 1898 | 18 | #811 | 5 | #1,248 |
| 1897 | 14 | #886 | 5 | #1,177 |
| 1896 | 16 | #832 | 6 | #1,065 |
| 1895 | 15 | #853 | — | — |
| 1894 | 12 | #936 | — | — |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,067 | — | — |
| 1892 | 20 | #657 | — | — |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,177 | — | — |
| 1890 | 9 | #985 | — | — |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,423 | — | — |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,253 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).