Jiles — boys' name
631 babies named Jiles in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Jiles was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jiles in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jiles
The Social Security Administration has registered 631 babies named Jiles between 1892 and 2022, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jiles currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jiles performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Jiles shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jiles in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jiles 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 631 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.
Jiles at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jiles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1892
- Peak year (1923)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
631 total births across 131 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 19 births in a single year.
Jiles by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 124 births that decade — 20% of Jiles's all-time total
Jiles decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Jiles's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Jiles by state
Where Jiles concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 631 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1892–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.