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
#37
2024 · 6,634 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003boysat peak
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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
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 2003

girls
#11,325
8 births · 1 in 228,393 girls
boys
#228
1,512 births · 1 in 1,306 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #11,325Miles8

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #228Miles1,512
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 228,393 of them was named Miles, which outranked 38.6% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #10,425Zuriel9
  2. #10,425Zyaira9
  3. #10,425Zyonna9
  4. #11,325Miles8
  5. #11,325Aaleigha8
  6. #11,325Aaliayh8
  7. #11,325Aamina8
  8. #12,408Aailyah7
  9. #12,408Aaisha7
  10. #12,408Aanisah7

Tied with 1,082 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 1,306 of them was named Miles, which outranked 98.2% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #225Griffin1,536
  2. #226Alec1,526
  3. #227Trey1,516
  4. #228Miles1,512
  5. #229Malik1,506
  6. #230Frank1,500
  7. #231Skyler1,486
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →