Miles

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Miles is ranked 37th among boys in 2024 (6,611 births). Its best rank was 37th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #37up 6 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6,6110.39% of boys
Peak year: 20246,611 births
Best rank: #37in 2024
Since 1880: 116,752people given the name

Babies named Miles, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

116,752 boys have been named Miles in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 6,611 births — 0.39% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 7 of them in the top 100.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Miles
1880s	418
1890s	443
1900s	413
1910s	1,583
1920s	2,337
1930s	1,658
1940s	1,994
1950s	3,174
1960s	2,833
1970s	2,242
1980s	5,672
1990s	9,815
2000s	17,785
2010s	36,598
2020s	29,787

In 2024, its biggest year

Miles was the 37th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Miles

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Myles60,971 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.