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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 64,512since 1887
Myles over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | #100 | 3,511 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #99 | 3,564 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 | #107 | 3,411 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #112 | 3,359 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #119 | 3,167 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #124 | 2,963 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #143 | 2,656 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #193 | 2,103 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #212 | 1,811 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #229 | 1,699 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #223 | 1,748 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #226 | 1,670 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #224 | 1,638 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #221 | 1,620 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #237 | 1,509 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #254 | 1,356 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #265 | 1,304 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #265 | 1,309 |
| 2007 | — | #299 | 1,139 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #311 | 1,051 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #311 | 1,064 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #296 | 1,075 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #275 | 1,128 |
| 2002 | — | #301 | 970 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #295 | 1,003 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #289 | 1,044 |
| 1999 | — | #313 | 916 | |
| 1998 | — | #304 | 931 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #343 | 752 |
| 1996 | — | #366 | 652 | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #373 | 638 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #346 | 712 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #313 | 860 |
| 1992 | — | #390 | 585 | |
| 1991 | — | #425 | 529 | |
| 1990 | — | #428 | 520 | |
| 1989 | — | #469 | 407 | |
| 1988 | — | #463 | 385 | |
| 1987 | — | #434 | 411 | |
| 1986 | — | #439 | 382 | |
| 1985 | — | #599 | 213 | |
| 1984 | — | #679 | 162 | |
| 1983 | — | #672 | 162 | |
| 1982 | — | #705 | 153 | |
| 1981 | — | #730 | 140 | |
| 1980 | — | #832 | 112 | |
| 1979 | — | #821 | 112 | |
| 1978 | — | #836 | 105 | |
| 1977 | — | #778 | 120 | |
| 1976 | — | #853 | 95 | |
| 1975 | — | #861 | 93 | |
| 1974 | — | #942 | 75 | |
| 1973 | — | #829 | 92 | |
| 1972 | — | #859 | 87 | |
| 1971 | — | #791 | 103 | |
| 1970 | — | #857 | 88 | |
| 1969 | — | #856 | 80 | |
| 1968 | — | #805 | 85 | |
| 1967 | — | #774 | 89 | |
| 1966 | — | #800 | 83 | |
| 1965 | — | #736 | 101 | |
| 1964 | — | #726 | 112 | |
| 1963 | — | #713 | 120 | |
| 1962 | — | #715 | 115 | |
| 1961 | — | #711 | 116 | |
| 1960 | — | #723 | 116 | |
| 1959 | — | #708 | 118 | |
| 1958 | — | #738 | 100 | |
| 1957 | — | #711 | 110 | |
| 1956 | — | #683 | 121 | |
| 1955 | — | #650 | 129 | |
| 1954 | — | #709 | 105 | |
| 1953 | — | #683 | 109 | |
| 1952 | — | #634 | 122 | |
| 1951 | — | #653 | 116 | |
| 1950 | — | #664 | 110 | |
| 1949 | — | #641 | 113 | |
| 1948 | — | #640 | 112 | |
| 1947 | — | #692 | 100 | |
| 1946 | — | #729 | 80 | |
| 1945 | — | #767 | 64 | |
| 1944 | — | #720 | 74 | |
| 1943 | — | #724 | 79 | |
| 1942 | — | #722 | 79 | |
| 1941 | — | #807 | 61 | |
| 1940 | — | #758 | 66 | |
| 1939 | — | #776 | 61 | |
| 1938 | — | #700 | 75 | |
| 1937 | — | #691 | 75 | |
| 1936 | — | #710 | 71 | |
| 1935 | — | #822 | 57 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1932 | — | #829 | 59 | |
| 1931 | — | #733 | 70 | |
| 1930 | — | #765 | 70 | |
| 1929 | — | #742 | 72 | |
| 1928 | — | #702 | 81 | |
| 1927 | — | #805 | 68 | |
| 1926 | — | #803 | 67 | |
| 1925 | — | #730 | 79 | |
| 1924 | — | #671 | 93 | |
| 1923 | — | #821 | 67 | |
| 1922 | — | #742 | 79 | |
| 1921 | — | #665 | 95 | |
| 1920 | — | #792 | 71 | |
| 1919 | — | #850 | 60 | |
| 1918 | — | #706 | 80 | |
| 1917 | — | #780 | 65 | |
| 1916 | — | #877 | 52 | |
| 1915 | — | #785 | 59 | |
| 1914 | — | #712 | 53 | |
| 1913 | — | #871 | 31 | |
| 1912 | — | #800 | 30 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#223 · 1 in 2,750
- Colorado#418 · 1 in 4,767
- Illinois#535 · 1 in 7,053
- Pennsylvania#590 · 1 in 12,901
- California#714 · 1 in 11,816
Best ever in a state: #22 in South Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #223 | 13 | 1 in 2,750 |
| Colorado | #418 | 5 | 1 in 4,767 |
| Illinois | #535 | 12 | 1 in 7,053 |
| Pennsylvania | #590 | 6 | 1 in 12,901 |
| California | #714 | 17 | 1 in 11,816 |
| New York | #975 | 6 | 1 in 18,923 |
| Texas | #1,132 | 6 | 1 in 22,956 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #544 (1887) | #680 |
| 1890s | 52 | #573 (1898) | #764 |
| 1900s | 87 | #699 (1900) | #922 |
| 1910s | 465 | #654 (1910) | #789 |
| 1920s | 772 | #665 (1921) | #747 |
| 1930s | 669 | #691 (1937) | #753 |
| 1940s | 828 | #640 (1948) | #720 |
| 1950s | 1,140 | #634 (1952) | #683 |
| 1960s | 1,017 | #711 (1961) | #756 |
| 1970s | 970 | #778 (1977) | #843 |
| 1980s | 2,527 | #434 (1987) | #602 |
| 1990s | 7,095 | #304 (1998) | #360 |
| 2000s | 11,087 | #265 (2008) | #291 |
| 2010s | 17,810 | #143 (2019) | #216 |
| 2020s | 19,975 | #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 1981
boys
#730
140 births · 1 in 12,794 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 12,794 of them was named Myles, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).