# Myron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/myron/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,832 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 45,369 / 463 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 295, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύρων (Múrōn).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 11 | 4,126 |
| 1966 | 5 | 7,289 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,868 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,764 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,270 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,882 |
| 1971 | 6 | 8,008 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,154 |
| 1973 | 6 | 8,077 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,696 |
| 1977 | 8 | 7,324 |
| 1978 | 6 | 9,326 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11,554 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,865 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,206 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 118 | 1,409 |
| 2012 | 114 | 1,455 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,395 |
| 2014 | 111 | 1,471 |
| 2015 | 103 | 1,575 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,572 |
| 2017 | 118 | 1,453 |
| 2018 | 121 | 1,449 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,528 |
| 2020 | 94 | 1,684 |
| 2021 | 93 | 1,745 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,690 |
| 2023 | 80 | 1,948 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,694 |
| 2025 | 102 | 1,650 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Мирон

## People named Myron

- Myron Scholes, Canadian economist
- Myron, Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC
- Myron Boadu, Dutch association football player
- Myron Healey, American actor (1923-2005)
- Myron Timothy Herrick, American politician (1854–1929)
- Myron McCormick, American actor (1908–1962)
- Myron Joseph Cotta, Catholic bishop in the United States
- Myron Charles Taylor, American diplomat (1874–1959)
- Myron Holley Clark, American politician (1806-1892)
- Myron Brown, American basketball player (born 1969)
- Myron Ebell, American lobbyist and climate change denialist
- Seymour Hersh, American investigative journalist (born 1937)

## 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.