Giles

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
#360
1881 · 21 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,732
since 1880

Giles over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Giles has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #360, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#5,06719
2023#7,28911
2022#6,47913
2021#5,56216
2020#5,04118
2019#3,71629
2018#4,91819
2017#5,78815
2016#5,31817
2015#4,71120
2014#6,63212
2013#4,62120
2012#4,00325
2011#4,65920
2010#3,53130
2009#4,74820
2008#4,26723
2007#3,89326
2006#4,67519
2005#3,44728
2004#4,12921
2003#3,83822
2002#4,18819
2001#4,47617
2000#4,78515
1999#3,98618
1998#4,01917
1997#3,06424
1996#4,02216
1995#2,62628
1994#3,10922
1993#2,50929
1992#2,00239
1991#2,29531
1990#3,16619
1989#2,46926
1988#3,35015
1987#2,27225
1986#1,96230
1985#2,11626
1984#1,69034
1983#2,14024
1982#1,92928
1981#2,13824
1980#2,11025
1979#2,04825
1978#1,71831
1977#2,13122
1976#1,87326
1975#1,75328
1974#1,43936
1973#2,03620
1972#1,53531
1971#1,63729
1970#1,49432
1969#1,46330
1968#1,45529
1967#1,41129
1966#1,37331
1965#1,62523
1964#1,19941
1963#1,31835
1962#1,12147
1961#1,46730
1960#1,13148
1959#1,28037
1958#1,13146
1957#1,05052
1956#1,05651
1955#94962
1954#97358
1953#1,10244
1952#1,11143
1951#99250
1950#1,02247
1949#1,14438
1948#98950
1947#96854
1946#1,25731
1945#97143
1944#86154
1943#93351
1942#94749
1941#79862
1940#96744
1939#90447
1938#78461
1937#98241
1936#84452
1935#80359
1934#79860
1933#73369
1932#70377
1931#76866
1930#81563
1929#77169
1928#70880
1927#78670
1926#85560
1925#73978
1924#86563
1923#84664
1922#73780
1921#97352
1920#80569
1919#79966
1918#66786
1917#71373
1916#85654
1915#74165
1914#67856
1913#66745
1912#76532
1911#75918
1910#85913
1909#1,0209
1908#71214
1907#1,0947
1906#1,0047
1905#8369
1904#58715
1903#9107
1902#7949
1901#63711
1900#64915
1899#45717
1898#1,0026
1897#58413
1896#8268
1895#7958
1894—
1893#44817
1892#8617
1891#8416
1890#60311
1889#54912
1888#41620
1887#54411
1886#51213
1885#48015
1884#50414
1883#43317
1882#54012
1881#36021
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Giles was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Giles
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,736 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #6,803)
  • 1,762 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #6,803)
  • 2,092 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 545 spots in 1899 (#1,002 → #457)
  • Biggest drop: 418 spots in 1898 (#584 → #1,002)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #360 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1910–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,797
  • Highest: 1 in 4,797 boys born in 1881 were named Giles (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Giles (685) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s153#360 (1881)#474
1890s93#448 (1893)#713
1900s103#587 (1904)#824
1910s508#667 (1918)#750
1920s685#708 (1928)#809
1930s595#703 (1932)#813
1940s476#798 (1941)#984
1950s490#949 (1955)#1,067
1960s343#1,121 (1962)#1,356
1970s280#1,439 (1974)#1,766
1980s257#1,690 (1984)#2,218
1990s243#2,002 (1992)#3,080
2000s210#3,447 (2005)#4,245
2010s207#3,531 (2010)#4,790
2020s89#5,041 (2020)#6,040

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Giles in 1885

boys
#480
15 births · 1 in 7,187 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #480Giles15
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 7,187 of them was named Giles, which outranked 56.2% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Giles
  1. #462Tim16
  2. #462Valentine16
  3. #462Wilmer16
  4. #480Giles15
  5. #480Aloysius15
  6. #480Bartholomew15
  7. #480Benjaman15
  8. #498Angus14
  9. #498Antone14
  10. #498Basil14

Tied with 17 names at #480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. ↑ 426Bryant#848 → #422
  2. ↑ 424Butler#971 → #547
  3. ↑ 424Cyril#971 → #547
  4. ↑ 409Gerhard#848 → #439
  5. ↑ 394Rowland#971 → #577
Fallers
  1. ↓ 520Clarance#416 → #936
  2. ↓ 416Oswald#520 → #936
  3. ↓ 389Doctor#547 → #936
  4. ↓ 366Dexter#570 → #936
  5. ↓ 366Gustaf#570 → #936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885 →