Giles
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,732since 1880
Giles over time
Rank among boys' names. Giles has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #3,716 | 29 |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #3,531 | 30 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #3,064 | 24 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #1,962 | 30 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #1,535 | 31 |
| 1971 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #1,494 | 32 |
| 1969 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,131 | 48 |
| 1959 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1956 | #1,056 | 51 |
| 1955 | #949 | 62 |
| 1954 | #973 | 58 |
| 1953 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #992 | 50 |
| 1950 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #989 | 50 |
| 1947 | #968 | 54 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #971 | 43 |
| 1944 | #861 | 54 |
| 1943 | #933 | 51 |
| 1942 | #947 | 49 |
| 1941 | #798 | 62 |
| 1940 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #904 | 47 |
| 1938 | #784 | 61 |
| 1937 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #844 | 52 |
| 1935 | #803 | 59 |
| 1934 | #798 | 60 |
| 1933 | #733 | 69 |
| 1932 | #703 | 77 |
| 1931 | #768 | 66 |
| 1930 | #815 | 63 |
| 1929 | #771 | 69 |
| 1928 | #708 | 80 |
| 1927 | #786 | 70 |
| 1926 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #739 | 78 |
| 1924 | #865 | 63 |
| 1923 | #846 | 64 |
| 1922 | #737 | 80 |
| 1921 | #973 | 52 |
| 1920 | #805 | 69 |
| 1919 | #799 | 66 |
| 1918 | #667 | 86 |
| 1917 | #713 | 73 |
| 1916 | #856 | 54 |
| 1915 | #741 | 65 |
| 1914 | #678 | 56 |
| 1913 | #667 | 45 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #587 | 15 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #448 | 17 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #603 | 11 |
| 1889 | #549 | 12 |
| 1888 | #416 | 20 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #504 | 14 |
| 1883 | #433 | 17 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #403 | 18 |
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.
Where Giles is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#282 · 1 in 2,889
- North Carolina#493 · 1 in 5,853
- Pennsylvania#548 · 1 in 17,609
Best ever in a state: #197 in Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #282 | 8 | 1 in 2,889 |
| North Carolina | #493 | 6 | 1 in 5,853 |
| Pennsylvania | #548 | 5 | 1 in 17,609 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Giles
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #360 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1910–1945
- 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%)
- 14.5% of all boys named Giles (685) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 153 | #360 (1881) | #474 |
| 1890s | 93 | #448 (1893) | #713 |
| 1900s | 103 | #587 (1904) | #824 |
| 1910s | 508 | #667 (1918) | #750 |
| 1920s | 685 | #708 (1928) | #809 |
| 1930s | 595 | #703 (1932) | #813 |
| 1940s | 476 | #798 (1941) | #984 |
| 1950s | 490 | #949 (1955) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 343 | #1,121 (1962) | #1,356 |
| 1970s | 280 | #1,439 (1974) | #1,766 |
| 1980s | 257 | #1,690 (1984) | #2,218 |
| 1990s | 243 | #2,002 (1992) | #3,080 |
| 2000s | 210 | #3,447 (2005) | #4,245 |
| 2010s | 207 | #3,531 (2010) | #4,790 |
| 2020s | 89 | #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 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 16,099 of them was named Giles, which outranked 83.6% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).