Boys' name · since 1880
Giles
Giles has 4,732 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,806 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,732
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Giles currently ranks #6806 among boys' names in America, with 4,732 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Giles recorded 4,732 times among boys since 1880, holding rank #6806 nationally today, ahead of 51% of boys, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,849 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,806 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,732 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giles ranks #1,849 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,806 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,732 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,849 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,806 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,732
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Giles's 4,732 recorded births place it above 95.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Virginia.
How Giles compares
4,732 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Giles's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Giles | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,732 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 34 | 22,252 |
Giles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Giles's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1891, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 86, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Giles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Giles by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (685 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Giles's strongest decade.
685 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Giles births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 153
1880s
153 births
- 1890s 93
1890s
93 births
- 1900s 103
1900s
103 births
- 1910s
1910s
508 births
- 1920s
1920s
685 births
- 1930s
1930s
595 births
- 1940s
1940s
476 births
- 1950s
1950s
490 births
- 1960s
1960s
343 births
- 1970s
1970s
280 births
- 1980s 257
1980s
257 births
- 1990s 243
1990s
243 births
- 2000s 210
2000s
210 births
- 2010s 207
2010s
207 births
- 2020s 89
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 685 births (14% of all-time use).
How Giles compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Giles's total volume
Giles by state
Where Giles concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 300 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 138 | 2.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 133 | 2.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 64 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 41 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 30 | 0.6% |
| #7 | California | | 26 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 26 | 0.5% |
300 of 4,732 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Giles appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Giles's data
- Giles's decade-level peak was the 1920s (685 total births); usage has since declined to 89 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Giless (300 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Giles: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Giles draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.