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
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 6,634 births
- Debut · boys
- 54 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 122,868since 1880
Miles over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #44 | 6,072 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #37 | 6,634 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | #43 | 6,589 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #56 | 5,574 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #55 | 5,730 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #59 | 5,300 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #75 | 4,889 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #98 | 3,994 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #110 | 3,631 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #105 | 3,743 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #107 | 3,740 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | #108 | 3,691 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #115 | 3,415 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #111 | 3,269 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #115 | 3,359 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #137 | 2,870 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #161 | 2,402 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #167 | 2,360 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #189 | 2,133 |
| 2006 | — | #201 | 1,938 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #210 | 1,755 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #220 | 1,581 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #228 | 1,512 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #239 | 1,416 |
| 2001 | — | #245 | 1,384 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #257 | 1,305 |
| 1999 | — | #281 | 1,053 | |
| 1998 | — | #252 | 1,181 | |
| 1997 | — | #296 | 943 | |
| 1996 | — | #318 | 829 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #326 | 795 |
| 1994 | — | #288 | 948 | |
| 1993 | — | #269 | 1,073 | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #283 | 1,018 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #271 | 982 |
| 1990 | — | #269 | 993 | |
| 1989 | — | #264 | 957 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #265 | 887 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #262 | 835 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #275 | 777 |
| 1985 | — | #396 | 456 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #408 | 409 |
| 1983 | — | #446 | 348 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #414 | 405 |
| 1981 | — | #482 | 300 | |
| 1980 | — | #490 | 298 | |
| 1979 | — | #468 | 308 | |
| 1978 | — | #544 | 232 | |
| 1977 | — | #552 | 227 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #584 | 196 |
| 1975 | — | #532 | 227 | |
| 1974 | — | #559 | 206 | |
| 1973 | — | #547 | 206 | |
| 1972 | — | #562 | 204 | |
| 1971 | — | #568 | 205 | |
| 1970 | — | #532 | 230 | |
| 1969 | — | #515 | 227 | |
| 1968 | — | #524 | 210 | |
| 1967 | — | #523 | 203 | |
| 1966 | — | #516 | 215 | |
| 1965 | — | #453 | 291 | |
| 1964 | — | #448 | 317 | |
| 1963 | — | #438 | 331 | |
| 1962 | — | #409 | 386 | |
| 1961 | — | #450 | 323 | |
| 1960 | — | #442 | 331 | |
| 1959 | — | #447 | 320 | |
| 1958 | — | #434 | 327 | |
| 1957 | — | #437 | 309 | |
| 1956 | — | #420 | 321 | |
| 1955 | — | #412 | 318 | |
| 1954 | — | #378 | 353 | |
| 1953 | — | #408 | 293 | |
| 1952 | — | #392 | 307 | |
| 1951 | — | #390 | 300 | |
| 1950 | — | #374 | 326 | |
| 1949 | — | #397 | 286 | |
| 1948 | — | #409 | 276 | |
| 1947 | — | #414 | 272 | |
| 1946 | — | #445 | 202 | |
| 1945 | — | #465 | 163 | |
| 1944 | — | #487 | 156 | |
| 1943 | — | #500 | 154 | |
| 1942 | — | #469 | 175 | |
| 1941 | — | #470 | 160 | |
| 1940 | — | #471 | 150 | |
| 1939 | — | #442 | 166 | |
| 1938 | — | #452 | 163 | |
| 1937 | — | #458 | 147 | |
| 1936 | — | #412 | 179 | |
| 1935 | — | #449 | 161 | |
| 1934 | — | #454 | 154 | |
| 1933 | — | #439 | 157 | |
| 1932 | — | #403 | 197 | |
| 1931 | — | #435 | 169 | |
| 1930 | — | #461 | 165 | |
| 1929 | — | #433 | 185 | |
| 1928 | — | #404 | 220 | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #411 | 215 |
| 1926 | — | #377 | 242 | |
| 1925 | — | #382 | 244 | |
| 1924 | — | #399 | 233 | |
| 1923 | — | #384 | 239 | |
| 1922 | — | #344 | 295 | |
| 1921 | — | #398 | 233 | |
| 1920 | — | #390 | 231 | |
| 1919 | — | #354 | 261 | |
| 1918 | — | #381 | 245 | |
| 1917 | — | #365 | 232 | |
| 1916 | — | #372 | 217 | |
| 1915 | — | #395 | 186 | |
| 1914 | — | #425 | 127 | |
| 1913 | — | #390 | 119 | |
| 1912 | — | #399 | 93 | |
| 1911 | — | #404 | 50 | |
| 1910 | — | #345 | 53 | |
| 1909 | — | #365 | 42 | |
| 1908 | — | #341 | 44 | |
| 1907 | — | #331 | 41 | |
| 1906 | — | #456 | 24 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #285 | 45 | |
| 1903 | — | #282 | 44 | |
| 1902 | — | #282 | 45 | |
| 1901 | — | #284 | 37 | |
| 1900 | — | #277 | 55 | |
| 1899 | — | #289 | 36 | |
| 1898 | — | #230 | 59 | |
| 1897 | — | #263 | 44 | |
| 1896 | — | #282 | 42 | |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | — | #228 | 56 | |
| 1893 | — | #292 | 35 | |
| 1892 | — | #261 | 47 | |
| 1891 | — | #240 | 44 | |
| 1890 | — | #246 | 47 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #273 | 43 | |
| 1887 | — | #272 | 35 | |
| 1886 | — | #283 | 36 | |
| 1885 | — | #227 | 52 | |
| 1884 | — | #271 | 39 | |
| 1883 | — | #253 | 42 | |
| 1882 | — | #258 | 44 | |
| 1881 | — | #244 | 40 | |
| 1880 | — | #216 | 54 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #37 (6,634 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 29.8% of all boys named Miles (36,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 418 | #216 (1880) | #259 |
| 1890s | 443 | #228 (1894) | #265 |
| 1900s | 413 | #277 (1900) | #324 |
| 1910s | 1,583 | #345 (1910) | #383 |
| 1920s | 2,337 | #344 (1922) | #392 |
| 1930s | 1,658 | #403 (1932) | #441 |
| 1940s | 1,994 | #397 (1949) | #453 |
| 1950s | 3,174 | #374 (1950) | #409 |
| 1960s | 2,834 | #409 (1962) | #472 |
| 1970s | 2,241 | #468 (1979) | #545 |
| 1980s | 5,672 | #262 (1987) | #370 |
| 1990s | 9,815 | #252 (1998) | #285 |
| 2000s | 17,786 | #161 (2009) | #212 |
| 2010s | 36,601 | #75 (2019) | #108 |
| 2020s | 35,899 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 161,093 of them was named Miles, which outranked 50.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,875Zayli12
- #8,875Zoriyah12
- #8,875Zyleah12
- #9,411Miles11
- #9,411Aabriella11
- #9,411Aaditri11
- #9,411Aaila11
- #10,113Aalaiyah10
- #10,113Aamirah10
- #10,113Aashritha10
Tied with 701 names at #9,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 507 of them was named Miles, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.