# Myra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/myra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 63,967 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 51 / 63,916 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,284, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

First used by the poet Fulke Greville, possibly as an anagram of Mary.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 342 | 793 |
| 2012 | 307 | 871 |
| 2013 | 353 | 773 |
| 2014 | 448 | 639 |
| 2015 | 493 | 600 |
| 2016 | 564 | 552 |
| 2017 | 616 | 509 |
| 2018 | 634 | 491 |
| 2019 | 572 | 537 |
| 2020 | 533 | 556 |
| 2021 | 507 | 592 |
| 2022 | 540 | 563 |
| 2023 | 507 | 592 |
| 2024 | 455 | 646 |
| 2025 | 429 | 663 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,308 |
| 1943 | 5 | 3,886 |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,635 |
| 1946 | 6 | 3,413 |
| 1958 | 8 | 3,199 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,387 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,457 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,034 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,740 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 30 | 1,130 |
| 2013 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 48 | 802 |
| 2015 | 80 | 539 |
| 2016 | 73 | 573 |
| 2017 | 104 | 424 |
| 2018 | 101 | 431 |
| 2019 | 74 | 545 |
| 2020 | 75 | 535 |
| 2021 | 86 | 491 |
| 2022 | 94 | 449 |
| 2023 | 87 | 455 |
| 2024 | 114 | 377 |
| 2025 | 86 | 463 |

## In other languages

- Greek: Μάιρα
- Japanese: マイラ
- Korean: 마이라
- Russian: Майра
- Vietnamese: Myra, Mai-ra

## People named Myra

- Myra Hess, British pianist (1890–1965)
- Myra Hindley, British murderer (1942–2002)
- Myra Adele Logan, African-American physician
- Myra Bradwell, American publisher and political activist
- Myra Keaton, Film actress (1877-1955)
- Myra Melford, American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer
- Myra Carter, American actress (1929–2016)
- Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter (born 1963)
- Daria Pratt, Amateur golfer (1859–1938)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.