Myrtle vs Mia

How Myrtle and Mia compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

Open Name Tournament

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Myrtle (girls) vs Mia (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric	Myrtle	Mia
Peak year (most US births)	1918 — 4,076 girls	2015 — 14,939 girls
Peak rank	#62	#6
Most recent rank (1925)	#95 (2,980 births)	#6 (11,078 births)
Total US births since 1880	100,503	280,686
Last 10 years (1916–1925)	36,792	121,307

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Mia reached 14,939 US births in 2015 — 10,863 more than Myrtle's peak count.

Crossover Years

Years where one name first passed the other in annual US births. A name "winning" in a year means it had more births that year, not necessarily a higher rank.

Year	New leader	Myrtle births	Mia births
2000	Mia	0	3,451

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Myrtle — top 5 states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	North Carolina	#80	895
2	Tennessee	#81	223
3	Kentucky	#83	597
4	Louisiana	#87	190
5	West Virginia	#90	190

Mia — top 5 states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New Mexico	#2	775
2	California	#3	19,952
3	New Jersey	#3	3,970
4	Nevada	#3	1,236
5	Texas	#4	14,721

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →