Boys' name · since 1927
Mile
Since 1927, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Mile, peaking in 1927. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 15
- total births
- 1927–1978
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
Mile is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1927.
Mile has 15 recorded births among boys since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1978.
- 15 total births
- 1927–1978 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mile's 15 recorded births place it above 30% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mile's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded.
Mile popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1978
- Peak year (1927)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Mile by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mile's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Mile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1927–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mile: Baby Name Since 1927 - 15 Births, Peak 1927." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mile. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mile 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 July 2026.