Giles — #5050 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Giles

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,719 babies named Giles between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Giles currently holds the #5050 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 86 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Giles performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 685 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Giles shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Giles in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Giles in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,719 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.