Miles
Miles was given to 6,072 boys in 2025, #44 among boys’ names; 123,225 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 112,000 Americans named Miles and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 5 and 22.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Miles by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Miles mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Miles is “a male given name from an uncertain origin.” Its etymology gives the sense “grace, favor” (mil-).
From Old French given name Milo, of problematic origin, possibly from an unknown Germanic element, or a short form of Slavic names beginning with mil- “grace, favor”. The English form is associated by folk etymology with Latin mīles (“soldier”). As a surname, it is also derived from a Middle English Miles form of Michael.
/maɪlz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Miles?
#44 among boys’ names, 2025
Miles rose from #107 in 2015 to #44 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.0 to 3.6 per 1,000.
6,655 babies in 2024, the peak
Miles peaked in 2024, when 6,655 babies were given it (6,634 boys, #37 among boys’ names). The 6,085 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 91% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,072 | #44 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 6,634 | #37 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 6,589 | #43 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 5,574 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 2021 | 5,730 | #55 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 5,300 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 4,889 | #75 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 3,994 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 2017 | 3,631 | #110 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 3,743 | #105 | 2.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,740 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 2014 | 3,691 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 3,415 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 3,269 | #111 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 3,359 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 2,870 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 2,402 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 2,360 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 2007 | 2,133 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 1,938 | #201 | 0.94 |
| 2005 | 1,755 | #210 | 0.88 |
| 2004 | 1,581 | #221 | 0.80 |
| 2003 | 1,512 | #228 | 0.77 |
| 2002 | 1,416 | #239 | 0.73 |
| 2001 | 1,384 | #245 | 0.71 |
| 2000 | 1,305 | #257 | 0.66 |
| 1999 | 1,053 | #281 | 0.55 |
| 1998 | 1,181 | #253 | 0.62 |
| 1997 | 943 | #296 | 0.50 |
| 1996 | 829 | #319 | 0.44 |
| 1995 | 795 | #327 | 0.42 |
| 1994 | 948 | #289 | 0.49 |
| 1993 | 1,073 | #269 | 0.55 |
| 1992 | 1,018 | #283 | 0.51 |
| 1991 | 982 | #272 | 0.49 |
| 1990 | 993 | #269 | 0.48 |
| 1989 | 957 | #264 | 0.48 |
| 1988 | 887 | #265 | 0.46 |
| 1987 | 835 | #262 | 0.45 |
| 1986 | 777 | #275 | 0.42 |
| 1985 | 456 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1984 | 409 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1983 | 348 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 405 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1981 | 300 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 298 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 308 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 232 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1977 | 227 | #554 | 0.14 |
| 1976 | 196 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1975 | 227 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1974 | 206 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 206 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 204 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 205 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 230 | #532 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 227 | #516 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 210 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 203 | #524 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 215 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1965 | 291 | #453 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 317 | #448 | 0.16 |
| 1963 | 331 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 386 | #409 | 0.19 |
| 1961 | 323 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 331 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 320 | #447 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 327 | #434 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 309 | #436 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 321 | #421 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 318 | #411 | 0.15 |
| 1954 | 353 | #377 | 0.17 |
| 1953 | 293 | #409 | 0.15 |
| 1952 | 307 | #391 | 0.16 |
| 1951 | 300 | #390 | 0.16 |
| 1950 | 326 | #374 | 0.18 |
| 1949 | 286 | #397 | 0.16 |
| 1948 | 276 | #410 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 272 | #414 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 202 | #447 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 163 | #467 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 156 | #489 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 154 | #500 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 175 | #469 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 160 | #471 | 0.13 |
| 1940 | 150 | #472 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 166 | #443 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 163 | #453 | 0.15 |
| 1937 | 147 | #459 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 179 | #414 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 161 | #450 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 154 | #454 | 0.15 |
| 1933 | 157 | #440 | 0.16 |
| 1932 | 197 | #403 | 0.19 |
| 1931 | 169 | #436 | 0.16 |
| 1930 | 165 | #461 | 0.15 |
| 1929 | 185 | #434 | 0.17 |
| 1928 | 220 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 215 | #411 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 242 | #377 | 0.22 |
| 1925 | 244 | #383 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 233 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1923 | 239 | #385 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 295 | #344 | 0.27 |
| 1921 | 233 | #400 | 0.21 |
| 1920 | 231 | #390 | 0.22 |
| 1919 | 261 | #355 | 0.27 |
| 1918 | 245 | #381 | 0.24 |
| 1917 | 232 | #365 | 0.25 |
| 1916 | 217 | #374 | 0.24 |
| 1915 | 186 | #395 | 0.22 |
| 1914 | 127 | #427 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 119 | #391 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 93 | #400 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 50 | #407 | 0.22 |
| 1910 | 53 | #350 | 0.27 |
| 1909 | 42 | #369 | 0.26 |
| 1908 | 44 | #342 | 0.29 |
| 1907 | 41 | #338 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 24 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 36 | #344 | 0.27 |
| 1904 | 45 | #287 | 0.35 |
| 1903 | 44 | #286 | 0.37 |
| 1902 | 45 | #283 | 0.37 |
| 1901 | 37 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1900 | 55 | #280 | 0.37 |
| 1899 | 36 | #293 | 0.34 |
| 1898 | 59 | #230 | 0.48 |
| 1897 | 44 | #265 | 0.39 |
| 1896 | 42 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1895 | 33 | #324 | 0.28 |
| 1894 | 56 | #229 | 0.48 |
| 1893 | 35 | #296 | 0.31 |
| 1892 | 47 | #263 | 0.39 |
| 1891 | 44 | #241 | 0.43 |
| 1890 | 47 | #249 | 0.42 |
| 1889 | 33 | #302 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 43 | #276 | 0.36 |
| 1887 | 35 | #274 | 0.35 |
| 1886 | 36 | #285 | 0.32 |
| 1885 | 52 | #228 | 0.48 |
| 1884 | 39 | #276 | 0.34 |
| 1883 | 42 | #257 | 0.40 |
| 1882 | 44 | #261 | 0.39 |
| 1881 | 40 | #251 | 0.40 |
| 1880 | 54 | #217 | 0.49 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Miles a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Miles has been given almost only to boys: 357 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Miles: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Miles, and how old are they?
112,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 123,225 Americans ever recorded as Miles. The median Miles alive today is 12 years old; half are between 5 and 22.
The 2020 Census counted 77,427 people named Miles (387 women and girls, 77,040 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 79,164 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 563 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,940 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,260 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 30,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 62,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Miles born?
The states with the most babies named Miles are California, Texas and Florida, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 575 | #60 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 459 | #86 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 312 | #64 | 0.7× |
| New York | 303 | #54 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 283 | #28 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 236 | #32 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 216 | #46 | 0.9× |
| Washington | 194 | #20 | 1.4× |
| North Carolina | 191 | #52 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 189 | #42 | 0.7× |
Where Miles is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Miles is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Miles with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 190,116 babies since 1880, Miles is the most given (65% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6,085 of their 9,690 babies (63%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Miles
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Miles and names like it
- Compare Miles and MylesBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMiles peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Miles since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Miles.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Miles alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.