Meaning and history
Myrtle is a given name derived from the English word for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μύρτος (myrtos). It first came into use as a given name in the 19th century, alongside many other plant and flower names.
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2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 9 births, rank #10,955
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20162016: 5 births, rank #16,215
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2019: 12 births, rank #8,597
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2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
2023: 6 births, rank #13,462
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20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917
Myrtle rose from #998 to #947 for girls between 1964 and 1965. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 4,076 births.