Miles Boy
How popular is Miles?
#44 boy name in 2025
6,072 baby boys were named Miles in the US in 2025, making it the 44th most popular boy name. Another 13 girls got the name (#7,883 for girls).
Miles popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #44 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,072 boys, 13 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #107 in 2015, #59 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (6,634 boys) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Miles counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Miles family of names ranked #15 for boys in 2025 (#13 the year before), with 9,617 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Miles | 6,072 | 63% |
| Myles | 3,511 | 37% |
| Milos | 15 | 0% |
| Mylez | 13 | 0% |
| Milosz | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Miles is most popular
Babies named Miles per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 10.9 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Vermont: 9.7 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- District of Columbia: 9.2 per 1,000 (136 boys)
- Maine: 8.1 per 1,000 (157 boys)
- Utah: 7.8 per 1,000 (747 boys)
Miles by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 418 | #216 |
| 1890s | 443 | #228 |
| 1900s | 413 | #277 |
| 1910s | 1,583 | #345 |
| 1920s | 2,337 | #344 |
| 1930s | 1,658 | #403 |
| 1940s | 1,994 | #397 |
| 1950s | 3,174 | #373 |
| 1960s | 2,834 | #409 |
| 1970s | 2,241 | #468 |
| 1980s | 5,672 | #262 |
| 1990s | 9,815 | #252 |
| 2000s | 17,786 | #161 |
| 2010s | 36,601 | #75 |
| 2020s | 35,899 | #37 |
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Questions
- Is Miles a boy or girl name?
- Miles is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Miles were boys.
- How popular is the name Miles?
- 6,072 baby boys were named Miles in the US in 2025, making it the 44th most popular boy name. Another 13 girls got the name (#7,883 for girls).
- When was Miles most popular?
- Miles peaked in 2024, when 6,634 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #37 in 2024.
- How many people are named Miles?
- 123,225 babies have been named Miles in the US since 1880. We estimate about 112,778 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Miles most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Miles was most common in Wyoming, at 10.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.