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Myrna

girl name
Origin
Irish
Syllables
2
Peak era
1930s/1940s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

from Irish Muirne, 'beloved'

How popular is Myrna around the world?

In the United States, 58 babies were named Myrna between 2020 and 2025. In Spain, 170 residents are named Myrna, ranked 5,066th among women, with a mean age of 54.4 years.

Myrna is on the official records of the United States, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 380,000

In the United States, 58 babies were named Myrna between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1930s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Myrna peaked in the 1930s and the 1940s in nearly equal measure. Myrna went to 10,260 US babies in the 1930s and has no row at all in the published 2025 record. US Social Security holds back any name given to fewer than five babies of one sex.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Spain

1 in 260,000

In Spain, 170 residents are named Myrna, ranked 5,066th among women, with a mean age of 54.4 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

1 in 330,000

At the 2022 census, 654 people in Brazil were named Myrna, ranked 11,084th, with a median age of 50.
Among people named Myrna living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1980s2000s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Canada

last on record 2023

Myrna is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Chile

last on record 2014

Myrna is not on the 2021 record for Chile, where nametree keeps the spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year.

peak 19372021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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England and Wales

last on record 2006

Myrna is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Mexico City City

last on record 2021

Myrna is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.

peak 20032022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 1997

Myrna is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.

peak 19532011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New Zealand

last on record 1936

Myrna is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19362025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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South Australia

last on record 1992

Myrna is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Myrna

Most people given the name Myrna in the United States were born between 1940 and 1979. The Myrna you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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