Miles

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #44 for boys in 2025, 6,072 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 6,634 births
Debut · boys
54 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
122,868
since 1880

Miles over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#446,072
2024#5,79921#376,634
2023#5,39023#436,589
2022#6,22919#565,574
2021#6,69117#555,730
2020#11,0908#595,300
2019#7,02516#754,889
2018#5,78521#983,994
2017#7,84014#1103,631
2016#9,41111#1053,743
2015#8,93112#1073,740
2014#6,45119#1083,691
2013#8,58013#1153,415
2012#10,42910#1113,269
2011#13,3477#1153,359
2010#10,45110#1372,870
2009#12,4298#1612,402
2008#13,8327#1672,360
2007#13,9247#1892,133
2006#2011,938
2005#13,0107#2101,755
2004#11,6248#2201,581
2003#11,3258#2281,512
2002#13,5956#2391,416
2001#2451,384
2000#15,0315#2571,305
1999#2811,053
1998#2521,181
1997#296943
1996#318829
1995#13,3865#326795
1994#288948
1993#2691,073
1992#7,51211#2831,018
1991#11,5096#271982
1990#269993
1989#264957
1988#9,2447#265887
1987#11,3255#262835
1986#7,1349#275777
1985#396456
1984#9,1446#408409
1983#446348
1982#10,5175#414405
1981#482300
1980#490298
1979#468308
1978#544232
1977#552227
1976#9,2845#584196
1975#532227
1974#559206
1973#547206
1972#562204
1971#568205
1970#532230
1969#515227
1968#524210
1967#523203
1966#516215
1965#453291
1964#448317
1963#438331
1962#409386
1961#450323
1960#442331
1959#447320
1958#434327
1957#437309
1956#420321
1955#412318
1954#378353
1953#408293
1952#392307
1951#390300
1950#374326
1949#397286
1948#409276
1947#414272
1946#445202
1945#465163
1944#487156
1943#500154
1942#469175
1941#470160
1940#471150
1939#442166
1938#452163
1937#458147
1936#412179
1935#449161
1934#454154
1933#439157
1932#403197
1931#435169
1930#461165
1929#433185
1928#404220
1927#3,5618#411215
1926#377242
1925#382244
1924#399233
1923#384239
1922#344295
1921#398233
1920#390231
1919#354261
1918#381245
1917#365232
1916#372217
1915#395186
1914#425127
1913#390119
1912#39993
1911#40450
1910#34553
1909#36542
1908#34144
1907#33141
1906#45624
1905#33736
1904#28545
1903#28244
1902#28245
1901#28437
1900#27755
1899#28936
1898#23059
1897#26344
1896#28242
1895#31633
1894#22856
1893#29235
1892#26147
1891#24044
1890#24647
1889#29433
1888#27343
1887#27235
1886#28336
1885#22752
1884#27139
1883#25342
1882#25844
1881#24440
1880#21654
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Miles was already there! It came in at #216, and was given to 54 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1905–1906, when fewer than 37 boys a year got the name.

See more about Miles
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#37#44)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#59#44)
  • 63 spots since 2015 (#107#44)
  • Biggest jump: 125 spots in 1907 (#456#331)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1906 (#337#456)
Rise & fade · boys
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #37 (6,634 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 260
  • Highest: 1 in 260 boys born in 2023 were named Miles (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 281 boys born in 2025 (0.36%)
  • Its best rank, #37 in 2024, was only 1 in 260 (0.39%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.8% of all boys named Miles (36,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s418#216 (1880)#259
1890s443#228 (1894)#265
1900s413#277 (1900)#324
1910s1,583#345 (1910)#383
1920s2,337#344 (1922)#392
1930s1,658#403 (1932)#441
1940s1,994#397 (1949)#453
1950s3,174#374 (1950)#409
1960s2,834#409 (1962)#472
1970s2,241#468 (1979)#545
1980s5,672#262 (1987)#370
1990s9,815#252 (1998)#285
2000s17,786#161 (2009)#212
2010s36,601#75 (2019)#108
2020s35,899#37 (2024)#49

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.

Miles in 1988

girls
#9,244
7 births · 1 in 254,408 girls
boys
#265
887 births · 1 in 2,158 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #9,244Miles7

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #265Miles887
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 254,408 of them was named Miles, which outranked 33.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #8,391Zong8
  2. #8,391Zulay8
  3. #8,391Zuly8
  4. #9,244Miles7
  5. #9,244Abbagail7
  6. #9,244Abbigale7
  7. #9,244Abimbola7
  8. #10,386Aasia6
  9. #10,386Abbee6
  10. #10,386Abeer6

Tied with 1,141 names at #9,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 2,158 of them was named Miles, which outranked 96.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #262Branden894
  2. #263Melvin892
  3. #264Johnathon891
  4. #265Miles887
  5. #266Elijah886
  6. #267Dale883
  7. #268Colton879
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988