Myrah
Feminine
Myrah is a spelling of Myra, a name a seventeenth-century poet appears to have invented — possibly from the Greek for myrrh.
How old is the name Myrah?
Myrah first appears in US birth records in 1941 — 84 years ago. The typical Myrah is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Myrah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Myrah most popular?
Myrah peaked in 2017, reaching #3145 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, 1,207 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Myra to Myrah
The story of Myrah
Myra appears in English poetry in the sixteenth century with no earlier trace, which points to invention — the period made classical-sounding names freely for pastoral verse. Myra in Lycia is where Saint Nicholas was bishop, and the two are probably unconnected. The name was well used in American records around 1880 and Myrah is a modern respelling.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Myra is generally credited to the poet Fulke Greville, who used it in the 1580s; readings from Greek myron, a sweet oil or myrrh, and from a reversal of Mary have both been offered. Myra in Lycia is a separate place name.
How the name formed
- Myra
- Myrah
Related forms: Myra · Mira
Pronouncing Myrah
MY-rah
Two syllables, first stressed. Myrah and Myra are said identically.
Nicknames for Myrah
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
- 1941
- Most girls named
- 201651 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3145reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −25.6%32 in 2025, from 43
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.
Myrah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Myra in English — spelling variant
- Mira in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Myrahs among us
people named Myrah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Myrah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Myrah
- #4352
- Myrah on the 2025 chart
- #238
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Myrah went to 32 girls in 2025, but Mira, Myra and Mirah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 1,403, which makes it the 238th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,114 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 1,146 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 50,227 for Myrah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Slyvia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Myrah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Slyvia climbed just as high around 1939, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Slyvia's path sketches the road Myrah is walking now.
Myrah 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 Myrah is headed
Myrah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Myrah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Myrah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented literary origin, which few names have.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Myra is the standard spelling and will be written for her.
- Myra, Mira and Mya are all close and get confused.
- The meaning is genuinely unsettled.
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Frequently asked
- How many Myrahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Myrah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Myrah?
- Myrah is one of 5 recorded spellings. Mira is the more common one — 916 births in 2025 against 32 for Myrah.
- How popular is the name Myrah in 2025?
- Myrah ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Myrah?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Myrah — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Myrah with classmates?
- Myrah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Myrah
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