Myrka
Feminine
Myrka is best known in the United States through one woman: the Cuban-American journalist Myrka Dellanos, who co-anchored Univision's news magazine Primer Impacto and became one of the recognizable faces of Spanish-language television.
How old is the name Myrka?
Myrka first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Myrka alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 500 people named Myrka are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Myrka most popular?
Myrka peaked in 2001, reaching #2211 nationally. See the whole 2001 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Myrka
Our story of Myrka starts with its sound: a stressed MEER and a quick -ka, the shape Czech and Slovak give to everyday women's names like Mirka and Jarka. Czech says y and i after an m exactly alike, so a reader in Prague would hear Mirka in it at once, while an English reader sees the y of Myra and Myrna. The spelling stands where those two families of names meet, and in the United States it arrived with a face attached, a newscaster watched every weekday in Spanish-speaking homes. A name can begin with less.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No record fixes where Myrka comes from. It sits one letter from Mirka, the Czech and Slovak pet form of Miroslava, and close to Myrna and Myra, but Czech itself writes the name with an i, and nothing documents a road from any of them to this spelling.
Pronouncing Myrka
MEER-kah
Spanish-speaking families usually say MEER-kah, with a tapped r. English readers may say MUR-kuh; the y does not settle it.
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
- 1992
- Most girls named
- 200173 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2211reached in 2001
- Change vs 2008
- −41.7%7 in 2009, from 12
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.
Myrkas among us
people named Myrka are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Myrka sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A recognized name in Spanish-language media, so many Latino families will know how to say it.
- Short and two-syllable, with no silent letters.
- It will be written Mirka, Myrna or Myra by people who have not seen it before, and each needs a correction.
- Its one association is a single television journalist, which is pleasant but specific; outside Spanish-language audiences it has none at all.
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Frequently asked
- How many Myrkas 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 Myrka are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Myrka in 2025?
- Myrka is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Myrka with classmates?
- Myrka will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
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