Myles

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #100 for boys in 2025, 3,511 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 3,564 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
64,512
since 1887

Myles over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898boysat 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#6,32518#1003,511
2024#7,59414#993,564
2023#4,65529#1073,411
2022#5,79321#1123,359
2021#6,17419#1193,167
2020#5,66721#1242,963
2019#5,61222#1432,656
2018#7,40915#1932,103
2017#9,34111#2121,811
2016#6,90117#2291,699
2015#8,00814#2231,748
2014#10,9559#2261,670
2013#11,9698#2241,638
2012#8,63213#2211,620
2011#13,3477#2371,509
2010#13,4487#2541,356
2009#11,4599#2651,304
2008#17,5045#2651,309
2007—#2991,139
2006#15,1526#3111,051
2005#13,0107#3111,064
2004#11,6248#2961,075
2003#13,8446#2751,128
2002—#301970
2001#12,0567#2951,003
2000#15,0315#2891,044
1999—#313916
1998—#304931
1997#12,0706#343752
1996—#366652
1995#9,5538#373638
1994#13,4305#346712
1993#9,5598#313860
1992—#390585
1991—#425529
1990—#428520
1989—#469407
1988—#463385
1987—#434411
1986—#439382
1985—#599213
1984—#679162
1983—#672162
1982—#705153
1981—#730140
1980—#832112
1979—#821112
1978—#836105
1977—#778120
1976—#85395
1975—#86193
1974—#94275
1973—#82992
1972—#85987
1971—#791103
1970—#85788
1969—#85680
1968—#80585
1967—#77489
1966—#80083
1965—#736101
1964—#726112
1963—#713120
1962—#715115
1961—#711116
1960—#723116
1959—#708118
1958—#738100
1957—#711110
1956—#683121
1955—#650129
1954—#709105
1953—#683109
1952—#634122
1951—#653116
1950—#664110
1949—#641113
1948—#640112
1947—#692100
1946—#72980
1945—#76764
1944—#72074
1943—#72479
1942—#72279
1941—#80761
1940—#75866
1939—#77661
1938—#70075
1937—#69175
1936—#71071
1935—#82257
1934—#75166
1933—#75765
1932—#82959
1931—#73370
1930—#76570
1929—#74272
1928—#70281
1927—#80568
1926—#80367
1925—#73079
1924—#67193
1923—#82167
1922—#74279
1921—#66595
1920—#79271
1919—#85060
1918—#70680
1917—#78065
1916—#87752
1915—#78559
1914—#71253
1913—#87131
1912—#80030
1911—#85615
1910—#65420
1909—#75614
1908—#1,1137
1907—#1,3455
1906—#79810
1905—#8369
1904—#9667
1903—#1,1305
1902—#7949
1901—#7798
1900—#69913
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1898—#57314
1897——
1896—#9007
1895—#7958
1894——
1893—#8367
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1891—#59710
1890—#8846
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1888—#8157
1887—#54411
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Myles! It came in at #544, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Myles is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Myles
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#99 → #100)
  • 24 spots since 2020 (#124 → #100)
  • 123 spots since 2015 (#223 → #100)
  • Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #756)
  • Biggest drop: 547 spots in 1907 (#798 → #1,345)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 2024 at #99 (3,564 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
  • Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1909–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 483
  • Highest: 1 in 483 boys born in 2024 were named Myles (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 486 boys born in 2025 (0.21%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 31.0% of all boys named Myles (19,975) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#544 (1887)#680
1890s52#573 (1898)#764
1900s87#699 (1900)#922
1910s465#654 (1910)#789
1920s772#665 (1921)#747
1930s669#691 (1937)#753
1940s828#640 (1948)#720
1950s1,140#634 (1952)#683
1960s1,017#711 (1961)#756
1970s970#778 (1977)#843
1980s2,527#434 (1987)#602
1990s7,095#304 (1998)#360
2000s11,087#265 (2008)#291
2010s17,810#143 (2019)#216
2020s19,975#99 (2024)#110

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.

Myles in 1898

boys
#573
14 births · 1 in 8,763 boys

Top boys' names in 1898

  1. #1John8,159
  2. #2William7,400
  3. #3James5,321
  4. #4George4,853
  5. #5Charles3,557
  6. #6Joseph3,171
  7. #7Robert2,932
  8. #8Frank2,925
  9. #9Edward2,337
  10. #10Thomas2,161
  11. #573Myles14
More about 1898

boys

122,685 boys got a published name in 1898; 1 in 8,763 of them was named Myles, which outranked 55.5% of the 1,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Myles
  1. #543Unknown15
  2. #543Walton15
  3. #543Wilford15
  4. #573Myles14
  5. #573Alan14
  6. #573Annie14
  7. #573Augustine14
  8. #611Angus13
  9. #611Arlie13
  10. #611Burt13

Tied with 37 names at #573; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 578Fitzhugh#942 → #364
  2. ↑ 534Carson#1,057 → #523
  3. ↑ 490Enos#942 → #452
  4. ↑ 484Annie#1,057 → #573
  5. ↑ 484Ernst#1,057 → #573
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Fate#438 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 648Ashley#473 → #1,121
  3. ↓ 626Ludwig#495 → #1,121
  4. ↓ 543Pierre#459 → #1,002
  5. ↓ 537Harve#584 → #1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →