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Baby name
Myrtle
Girl
Origin of the name
Myrtle comes from the name of the plant, sacred to Aphrodite in Greek myth.
Classic name
136,486births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 62rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Myrtle are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Myrtle is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Myrtle is most common in North Dakota (2.6 times), Kentucky (2.5) and North Carolina (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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