Myrtie
Myrtie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Myrtie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Myrtie is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Myrtie
American parents first put Myrtie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 45 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 114 Myrties were born — ranking #637 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1969 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 4K Myrties have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Myrtie
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About the name Myrtie
Myrtie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Myrtie's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #637. Use the chart and map above to compare Myrtie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.