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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949boysat 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.

Where Miles is popular in 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #145 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 920 boysNDMinnesota: #262 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,368 boysMNIllinois: #304 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 5,060 boysILWisconsin: #278 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,596 boysWIMichigan: #345 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,902 boysMINew York: #315 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 5,527 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedIAIndiana: #364 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,458 boysINOhio: #388 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 9,131 boysOHPennsylvania: #357 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 9,026 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #334 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 4,631 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedNEMissouri: #407 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,289 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedWVVirginia: #301 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,683 boysVAMaryland: #253 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,384 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedARTennessee: #346 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,885 boysTNNorth Carolina: #302 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,604 boysNCSouth Carolina: #357 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,766 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #354 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,656 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedLAMississippi: #366 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,148 boysMSAlabama: #286 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,987 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedGAHawaii: #113 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 509 boysHITexas: #803 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 14,363 boysTXFlorida: #417 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,835 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#113 · 1 in 509
  2. North Dakota#145 · 1 in 920
  3. Maryland#253 · 1 in 3,384
  4. Minnesota#262 · 1 in 4,368
  5. Wisconsin#278 · 1 in 5,596

Best ever in a state: #8 in Utah, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#113121 in 509
North Dakota#14581 in 920
Maryland#25371 in 3,384
Minnesota#26281 in 4,368
Wisconsin#27871 in 5,596
Alabama#286131 in 2,987
Virginia#301101 in 3,683
North Carolina#302141 in 3,604
Illinois#304181 in 5,060
New York#315271 in 5,527
California#334261 in 4,631
Michigan#345111 in 6,902
Tennessee#34681 in 4,885
Oklahoma#35451 in 4,656
Pennsylvania#357121 in 9,026
South Carolina#35761 in 4,766
Indiana#36461 in 7,458
Mississippi#36671 in 4,148
Ohio#388101 in 9,131
Missouri#40751 in 8,289
Florida#41751 in 5,835
Texas#80371 in 14,363
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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 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 1949

boys
#397
286 births · 1 in 6,203 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #397Miles286
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 6,203 of them was named Miles, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #394Orville291
  2. #395Abraham287
  3. #395Rocky287
  4. #397Miles286
  5. #398Emmett285
  6. #399Junior284
  7. #400Irving283
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949 →