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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010boysat 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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #155 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 493 boysAKMaine: #77 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 250 boysMEVermont: #59 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 168 boysVTNew Hampshire: #112 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 386 boysNHWashington: #90 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 359 boysWAIdaho: #104 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 350 boysIDMontana: #77 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 260 boysMTNorth Dakota: #124 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 394 boysNDMinnesota: #76 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 308 boysMNIllinois: #131 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 582 boysILWisconsin: #86 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 339 boysWIMichigan: #122 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 535 boysMINew York: #139 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 708 boysNYMassachusetts: #104 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 441 boysMARhode Island: #131 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 505 boysRIOregon: #81 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 310 boysORNevada: #176 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 651 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Miles, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #73 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 221 boysSDIowa: #158 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 611 boysIAIndiana: #126 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 516 boysINOhio: #119 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 517 boysOHPennsylvania: #156 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 718 boysPANew Jersey: #157 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 823 boysNJConnecticut: #119 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 524 boysCTCalifornia: #164 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 757 boysCAUtah: #82 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 302 boysUTColorado: #88 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 340 boysCONebraska: #99 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 328 boysNEMissouri: #121 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 480 boysMOKentucky: #145 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 576 boysKYWest Virginia: #176 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 672 boysWVVirginia: #117 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 540 boysVAMaryland: #128 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 588 boysMDDelaware: #182 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 724 boysDEArizona: #188 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 793 boysAZNew Mexico: #175 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 626 boysNMKansas: #87 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 321 boysKSArkansas: #178 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 721 boysARTennessee: #151 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 628 boysTNNorth Carolina: #130 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 560 boysNCSouth Carolina: #166 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 726 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #64 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 217 boysDCOklahoma: #228 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 935 boysOKLouisiana: #200 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 882 boysLAMississippi: #245 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,063 boysMSAlabama: #197 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 934 boysALGeorgia: #120 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 517 boysGAHawaii: #264 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 961 boysHITexas: #196 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 839 boysTXFlorida: #182 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 899 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#59 · 1 in 168
  2. District of Columbia#64 · 1 in 217
  3. South Dakota#73 · 1 in 221
  4. Minnesota#76 · 1 in 308
  5. Maine#77 · 1 in 250

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#59111 in 168
District of Columbia#64181 in 217
South Dakota#73181 in 221
Minnesota#76901 in 308
Maine#77191 in 250
Montana#77151 in 260
Oregon#81591 in 310
Utah#82731 in 302
Wisconsin#86821 in 339
Kansas#87511 in 321
Colorado#88811 in 340
Washington#90991 in 359
Nebraska#99301 in 328
Idaho#104241 in 350
Massachusetts#104681 in 441
New Hampshire#112131 in 386
Virginia#117771 in 540
Connecticut#119281 in 524
Ohio#1191171 in 517
Georgia#1201081 in 517
Missouri#121681 in 480
Michigan#122901 in 535
North Dakota#12491 in 394
Indiana#126701 in 516
Maryland#128481 in 588
North Carolina#130921 in 560
Illinois#1311201 in 582
Rhode Island#13181 in 505
New York#1391501 in 708
Kentucky#145391 in 576
Tennessee#151561 in 628
Alaska#15571 in 493
Pennsylvania#156851 in 718
New Jersey#157521 in 823
Iowa#158251 in 611
California#1643091 in 757
South Carolina#166291 in 726
New Mexico#175161 in 626
Nevada#176211 in 651
West Virginia#176121 in 672
Arkansas#178201 in 721
Delaware#18251 in 724
Florida#1821031 in 899
Arizona#188471 in 793
Texas#1962131 in 839
Alabama#197251 in 934
Louisiana#200271 in 882
Oklahoma#228221 in 935
Mississippi#245131 in 1,063
Hawaii#26451 in 961
Wyoming———

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 2010

girls
#10,451
10 births · 1 in 177,760 girls
boys
#137
2,870 births · 1 in 669 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #10,451Miles10

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #137Miles2,870
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 177,760 of them was named Miles, which outranked 47.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #9,790Zyliah11
  2. #9,790Zynique11
  3. #9,790Zyona11
  4. #10,451Miles10
  5. #10,451Aaliyan10
  6. #10,451Aalliyah10
  7. #10,451Aamna10
  8. #11,246Aaisha9
  9. #11,246Aala9
  10. #11,246Aalaysia9

Tied with 794 names at #10,451; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 669 of them was named Miles, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miles
  1. #134Santiago3,012
  2. #135Ryder2,967
  3. #136Edward2,905
  4. #137Miles2,870
  5. #138Asher2,863
  6. #139Hudson2,851
  7. #140Devin2,845
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →