# Myrtis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/myrtis/  
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 | 6,126 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 6,121 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 14 | 3,601 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,765 |
| 1969 | 18 | 3,282 |
| 1970 | 14 | 4,181 |
| 1971 | 10 | 5,386 |
| 1972 | 8 | 6,369 |
| 1973 | 8 | 6,468 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,717 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,325 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,687 |
| 1978 | 7 | 8,241 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7,883 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,697 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,574 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,582 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 5 | 4,625 |

## 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.