Myra
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Myra
As with many grandmother-y names, this choice may be coming back into style.
Myra was invented in the seventeenth century by a poet called Fulke Greville as a short form of Miranda--or perhaps an anagram of Mary-- and it quickly caught on with other poets and romantic novelists, particularly popular with the Scots. There were leading characters named Myra in Sinclair Lewis's novel Babbitt and in Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Later it was the name of the central character in Gore Vidal's 1968 Myra Breckinridge, and plays a minor role in the Divergent. trilogy.
Myra was as high as Number 158 in the 1880s. A notable namesake is the great pianist, Dame Myra Hess.
Myra is also given to boys.
Pronounced MY-ruh.
As of October 2026, Myra ranked #663 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #158 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #504.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #639 | 448 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #600 | 493 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #552 | 564 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #509 | 616 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #491 | 634 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #537 | 572 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #556 | 533 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #592 | 507 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #563 | 540 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #594 | 505 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #646 | 453 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #663 | 429 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Myra for girls
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Myra on lists
Famous Myras
- (Julia) Myra HessGirl
English pianist
- Myra Nathalie Hiatt KraftGirl
American philanthropist
- Myra Ellen "Tori" AmosGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Myra Maybelle ShirleyGirl
birth name of American Western outlaw Belle Starr
- Myra Colby BradwellGirl
American lawyer, publisher and activist
- Myra Taylor (born Myra Jardine Render)Girl
American R&B singer
- Myra MacPhersonGirl
American historian and author
- Myra SobleGirl
Russian spy
- Myra (born Mayra Caról Ambriz Quintana)Girl
American pop singer
- Myra M. BennettGirl
Canadian pioneering nurse
- Myra Ellen Robinson CrownoverGirl
American politician from Texas
- Florence Myra ZamparelliGirl
daughter of Jennifer Maguire & Lauterio Zamparelli
Myra in pop culture
- Myra BreckinridgeGirl
main character of Gore Vidal's gender,bending satirical novel
- Myra Driscoll HenshaweGirl
character in Willa Cather's "My Mortal Enemy" (1926)
- Myra HopeGirl
Ashburn, wealthy friend to Dr. Gwyneth Cornwell in "The Widow" (1957) by Francis King
- Myra Celestina Philomena Portia McQueenGirl
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Myra MonkhouseGirl
girlfriend to Steve Urkel on TV's "Family Matters"
- MyraGirl
minor character on TV's "Suits"
- MyraGirl
minor character in the Divergent series
- MyraGirl
1964 song by The Seekers
- Myra Hanson CastellanosGirl
character in the video game series "The Evil Within"