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Name meaning & stats

Myra

Myra means “a 17th-century coinage”. 46,101 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.

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What it means

“a 17th-century coinage”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1958

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46,101 US babies were named Myra between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Myra (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 57% of the family

  • Myra 57%
  • Mira 18%
  • Mireya 12%
  • Myriah 2%
  • Miriah 2%
  • Meira 2%
  • Miraya 1%
  • Mirha 1%
  • Myrah 1%
  • Mirah 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1958)