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Baby name
Myra
Girl
Origin of the name
Myra is said to have been coined in the 16th century by the English poet Fulke Greville; its origin is uncertain.
Classic name
63,916births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 236rank at its peak, in 1958
Where babies named Myra are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Myra is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Myra is most common in Alabama (2.9 times), North Carolina (2) and Mississippi (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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