Myron
- Pronunciation
- [My-ron]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Myrrh; Sweet Oil
- Origin
- Hebrew
Myron Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 45,268 baby boys have been named Myron. The name peaked in 1930 with 713 US births that year (rank #195). In 2024, ranked #1690 nationally — 1,495 places below its 1930 peak.
Top States for Myron
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Myron births are: New York (3,588), Ohio (3,428), Illinois (2,438).
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Quick Facts About Myron
US Popularity History (2000–2000)
Annual US births named Myron by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 167 boys named Myron (boy rank #922 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miron | Holy Place | Male | Hebrew |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Myron against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).