Boys' name · peaked in 1931
Myron name popularity since 1925
38,042 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Myron (1.1% girls, 98.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Myron is about 70 years old in 2026. Myron peaked in 1931 as the #192 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,042
- Named Myron, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #192 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,650 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% boys
- 404 girls · 37,638 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 8.40× its national share
Peak year is the year Myron made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Myron births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1930. Measured as a share of all babies, Myron peaked in 1931.
- Steepest fall: Between 1998 and 2003, Myron's share of baby boys fell by 35%, from 1 in 10,100 to 1 in 15,700.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Myron's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Myron.
Decade by decade
Babies named Myron in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 56 | 3,180 | – |
| 1930s | 64 | 5,889 | #206 |
| 1940s | 73 | 5,527 | #265 |
| 1950s | 80 | 6,303 | #291 |
| 1960s | 70 | 5,323 | #341 |
| 1970s | 43 | 3,647 | #404 |
| 1980s | 18 | 2,729 | #538 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,923 | #886 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,393 | #1,313 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,154 | #1,575 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 570 | #1,650 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
30.8% of babies named Myron from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Myron is most popular
The index compares Myron's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Myron.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 8.40× | 893 |
| South Dakota | 4.77× | 513 |
| Nebraska | 2.63× | 623 |
| Minnesota | 2.51× | 1,546 |
| Wisconsin | 2.12× | 1,409 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Myron's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Myron.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Myron (1931).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data