Meaning not yet researched.
Giles: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12 in 2025. Its best rank was #367 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #367 in 1881; #6,932 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Giles in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,932 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #367.
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Giles: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12 boys in 2025. Peak: #367 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 86 (1918).
In 2025, 12 US boys were named Giles, making it the 6,932nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,805 places from #5,127 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 19 boys named Giles in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #367, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 86, in 1918. For comparison, it was #4,775 in 2015 and #1,030 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Giles in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 18 babies. In all, 4,732 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 685 babies named Giles.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 169 US boys were named Giles; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 29. In 2025 that was about 1 in 142,340 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Gil (4,971 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gillis and Geles are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gillis (712), Geles (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Giles in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 12 | #6,932 |
| 2024 | — | — | 19 | #5,127 |
| 2023 | — | — | 11 | #7,438 |
| 2022 | — | — | 13 | #6,596 |
| 2021 | — | — | 16 | #5,623 |
| 2020 | — | — | 18 | #5,103 |
| 2019 | — | — | 29 | #3,748 |
| 2018 | — | — | 19 | #4,991 |
| 2017 | — | — | 15 | #5,895 |
| 2016 | — | — | 17 | #5,392 |
| 2015 | — | — | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2014 | — | — | 12 | #6,778 |
| 2013 | — | — | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2012 | — | — | 25 | #4,052 |
| 2011 | — | — | 20 | #4,718 |
| 2010 | — | — | 30 | #3,566 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,815 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,308 |
| 2007 | — | — | 26 | #3,932 |
| 2006 | — | — | 19 | #4,748 |
| 2005 | — | — | 28 | #3,476 |
| 2004 | — | — | 21 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | — | — | 22 | #3,881 |
| 2002 | — | — | 19 | #4,229 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,558 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #4,874 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1998 | — | — | 17 | #4,078 |
| 1997 | — | — | 24 | #3,093 |
| 1996 | — | — | 16 | #4,072 |
| 1995 | — | — | 28 | #2,642 |
| 1994 | — | — | 22 | #3,154 |
| 1993 | — | — | 29 | #2,534 |
| 1992 | — | — | 39 | #2,016 |
| 1991 | — | — | 31 | #2,311 |
| 1990 | — | — | 19 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | — | — | 26 | #2,505 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,415 |
| 1987 | — | — | 25 | #2,293 |
| 1986 | — | — | 30 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | — | — | 26 | #2,144 |
| 1984 | — | — | 34 | #1,704 |
| 1983 | — | — | 24 | #2,167 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,951 |
| 1981 | — | — | 24 | #2,155 |
| 1980 | — | — | 25 | #2,135 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,067 |
| 1978 | — | — | 31 | #1,736 |
| 1977 | — | — | 22 | #2,150 |
| 1976 | — | — | 26 | #1,897 |
| 1975 | — | — | 28 | #1,762 |
| 1974 | — | — | 36 | #1,451 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,075 |
| 1972 | — | — | 31 | #1,545 |
| 1971 | — | — | 29 | #1,648 |
| 1970 | — | — | 32 | #1,505 |
| 1969 | — | — | 30 | #1,479 |
| 1968 | — | — | 29 | #1,467 |
| 1967 | — | — | 29 | #1,423 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,382 |
| 1965 | — | — | 23 | #1,639 |
| 1964 | — | — | 41 | #1,207 |
| 1963 | — | — | 35 | #1,330 |
| 1962 | — | — | 47 | #1,129 |
| 1961 | — | — | 30 | #1,477 |
| 1960 | — | — | 48 | #1,135 |
| 1959 | — | — | 37 | #1,283 |
| 1958 | — | — | 46 | #1,142 |
| 1957 | — | — | 52 | #1,056 |
| 1956 | — | — | 51 | #1,058 |
| 1955 | — | — | 62 | #954 |
| 1954 | — | — | 58 | #981 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,124 |
| 1951 | — | — | 50 | #998 |
| 1950 | — | — | 47 | #1,030 |
| 1949 | — | — | 38 | #1,153 |
| 1948 | — | — | 50 | #994 |
| 1947 | — | — | 54 | #971 |
| 1946 | — | — | 31 | #1,270 |
| 1945 | — | — | 43 | #978 |
| 1944 | — | — | 54 | #863 |
| 1943 | — | — | 51 | #934 |
| 1942 | — | — | 49 | #950 |
| 1941 | — | — | 62 | #802 |
| 1940 | — | — | 44 | #973 |
| 1939 | — | — | 47 | #907 |
| 1938 | — | — | 61 | #788 |
| 1937 | — | — | 41 | #995 |
| 1936 | — | — | 52 | #847 |
| 1935 | — | — | 59 | #806 |
| 1934 | — | — | 60 | #801 |
| 1933 | — | — | 69 | #737 |
| 1932 | — | — | 77 | #705 |
| 1931 | — | — | 66 | #771 |
| 1930 | — | — | 63 | #819 |
| 1929 | — | — | 69 | #773 |
| 1928 | — | — | 80 | #710 |
| 1927 | — | — | 70 | #791 |
| 1926 | — | — | 60 | #862 |
| 1925 | — | — | 78 | #741 |
| 1924 | — | — | 63 | #866 |
| 1923 | — | — | 64 | #849 |
| 1922 | — | — | 80 | #738 |
| 1921 | — | — | 52 | #977 |
| 1920 | — | — | 69 | #807 |
| 1919 | — | — | 66 | #804 |
| 1918 | — | — | 86 | #671 |
| 1917 | — | — | 73 | #718 |
| 1916 | — | — | 54 | #859 |
| 1915 | — | — | 65 | #744 |
| 1914 | — | — | 56 | #681 |
| 1913 | — | — | 45 | #673 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #772 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #773 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #893 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,047 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #723 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,139 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,056 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #865 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #596 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #951 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #818 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #655 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #657 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #464 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,056 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #593 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #850 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #825 |
| 1893 | — | — | 17 | #455 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #893 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #892 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #614 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #563 |
| 1888 | — | — | 20 | #421 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #562 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #524 |
| 1885 | — | — | 15 | #488 |
| 1884 | — | — | 14 | #512 |
| 1883 | — | — | 17 | #438 |
| 1882 | — | — | 12 | #558 |
| 1881 | — | — | 21 | #367 |
| 1880 | — | — | 18 | #409 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).