Myra

What Myra means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Myra yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #600 in 2015 to #662 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Myra?

US: Falling: down from #600 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #539 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 83 girls got the name (#156 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,747 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,945 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.77 per 1,000 girls), WV (0.99 per 1,000 girls), ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Myra is #662 in the US and #463 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Myra were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mary2,230 US · 131 E&W
• Mira916 US · 135 E&W
• Mara499 US · 74 E&W
• Meera246 US · 34 E&W
• Mari129 US · 32 E&W
• Maira62 US · 76 E&W
• Maura127 US
• Mayra86 US · 18 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Myra

Girls

• Blake#295“black”^*
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Rose#114Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1917, with 9,783 babies; 2,386 in 2025
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*

For a brother

• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*
• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Myra’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.