Myers
Masculine
Myers is given to both — 697 boys and 97 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Myers is a surname with several unrelated origins — an English one from a mayor, a Norman one from a marsh, and an Irish one from a word for a chief. All were written the same way.
How old is the name Myers?
Myers first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Myers alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 500 people named Myers are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Myers most popular?
Myers peaked in 1919, reaching #2063 nationally. Today it ranks #3658, 1,595 places below that high. See the whole 1919 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Myers
Ours, offered as ours. Myers is a good illustration of how surnames collide. Four unconnected words in four languages — an English marsh, an English mayor, an Irish chief and a German steward — all produced families whose names were written Myers by English-speaking clerks, and the descendants are now indistinguishable on paper. That is the ordinary history of a great many American surnames, and it is more interesting than picking one etymology and pretending it is settled.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No single source. English Myers is read from Middle English mire, a marsh, or from a byname for a mayor. Irish Ó Meidhir gives it from a word for a chief or a lively man. German Meyer, from a steward or tenant farmer, is a fourth line often anglicized the same way.
Pronouncing Myers
MY-erz
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Myers
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 202435 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2063reached in 1919
- Change vs 2024
- −14.3%30 in 2025, from 35
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Myers in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Meyer in German — related form
- Ó Meidhir in Irish — related form
- Myer in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina.
Myerss among us
people named Myers are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 56,936 born in 2025 was named Myers
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Myers sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Myers is headed
Myers looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 23% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Myers beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Myers in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Genuine early twentieth-century American use as a given name.
- Four documented surname lines stand behind it, which suits families with mixed ancestry.
- It reads as a surname very strongly, more so than most surname-names.
- The plural s makes it look like a possessive, which is a small permanent oddity.
- There is no single documented meaning, so the question has four answers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Myerss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Myers are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Myers in 2025?
- Myers ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Myers?
- About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Myers — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Myers with classmates?
- Myers will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Myers
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