Miles — #37 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Miles

The Social Security Administration has registered 116,752 babies named Miles between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Miles currently holds the #37 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 6,611 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Miles performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36,598 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Miles shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,585 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Miles in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Miles 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 116,752 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.