girls:
1.8k births since 1887
#3957 (31st percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1896
#3349 (27th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1887
#4888 (37th percentile)
The name Myrl is the #4,888 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,092 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 36.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,957 (30.8% percentile) for all time with 1,831 births since 1887. For boys, it ranks #3,349 (26.9% percentile) for all time with 1,261 births since 1896.
Myrl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for girls and 1896 for boys). Birth data for Myrl is available in 81 out of the 86 years between 1887 and 1972 (68 years for girls and 67 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Myrl has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.2% of all recorded births). In 1972, 0.0% of babies named Myrl were girls. Interestingly, until around 1937, the name was more popular for girls (66.6% girls from 1887 to 1936), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (67.3% boys from 1937 to 1972).
For girls, Myrl reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 13.8% percentile (ranked #494) with 77 births per million. The name was most common in 1899, with 97 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1956.
For boys, Myrl reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #463) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1906, with 62 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Myrl".
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