Meaning not yet researched.
Miles: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,072 in 2025. Its best rank was #37 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #37 in 2024; #44 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Miles in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#44 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #37.
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Miles: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,072 boys in 2025. Peak: #37 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 6,634 (2024).
In 2025, 6,072 US boys were named Miles, making it the 44th most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #37 in 2024. That is 562 fewer than the 6,634 boys named Miles in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #37, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 6,634. For comparison, it was #107 in 2015 and #375 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Miles in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 54 babies with the name. In all, 123,225 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 36,734 babies named Miles.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 52,156 US boys were named Miles; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 6,634. In 2025 that was about 1 in 281 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Miles ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #11 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 48 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Myles (64,837 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Milas, Milos and Melis 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: Milas (505), Milos (432), Melis (344), Mylez (224), Milus (72), Milez (71), Mile (15), Millis (14), Milosz (12), Milous (6), Milosh (5).
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 Miles in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 156 | #11 | #42 |
| Montana | 37 | #12 | #86 |
| Nebraska | 62 | #14 | #51 |
| Iowa | 85 | #17 | #73 |
| Maine | 34 | #20 | #92 |
| Washington | 194 | #20 | #88 |
| Colorado | 161 | #21 | #97 |
| New Hampshire | 43 | #22 | #72 |
| Minnesota | 135 | #23 | #65 |
| Wisconsin | 128 | #26 | #51 |
| Pennsylvania | 283 | #28 | #98 |
| Oregon | 88 | #28 | #77 |
| Idaho | 52 | #30 | #75 |
| Vermont | 12 | #31 | #134 |
| District of Columbia | 21 | #32 | #46 |
| Illinois | 236 | #32 | #106 |
| Wyoming | 12 | #32 | #177 |
| Missouri | 149 | #33 | #94 |
| Massachusetts | 147 | #33 | #84 |
| Connecticut | 81 | #34 | #105 |
| West Virginia | 36 | #37 | #150 |
| Arkansas | 61 | #37 | #137 |
| Virginia | 174 | #37 | #114 |
| Kansas | 70 | #40 | #97 |
| Michigan | 179 | #41 | #111 |
| New Jersey | 189 | #42 | #142 |
| Delaware | 18 | #44 | #170 |
| Ohio | 216 | #46 | #94 |
| Tennessee | 146 | #47 | #106 |
| Kentucky | 84 | #48 | #130 |
| Indiana | 128 | #50 | #110 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | #50 | #183 |
| North Carolina | 191 | #52 | #96 |
| Oklahoma | 67 | #54 | #147 |
| Alaska | 13 | #54 | #90 |
| New York | 303 | #54 | #114 |
| Louisiana | 68 | #56 | #193 |
| Arizona | 119 | #57 | #155 |
| Maryland | 92 | #59 | #96 |
| Alabama | 74 | #60 | #240 |
| California | 575 | #60 | #134 |
| Nevada | 45 | #61 | #171 |
| South Dakota | 18 | #62 | #69 |
| Georgia | 162 | #63 | #145 |
| Florida | 312 | #64 | #153 |
| South Carolina | 74 | #66 | #113 |
| Hawaii | 12 | #76 | #264 |
| Texas | 459 | #86 | #176 |
| North Dakota | 11 | #116 | #77 |
| New Mexico | 16 | #124 | #83 |
| Mississippi | 26 | #125 | #197 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,191 | 6,072 | #44 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,909 | 6,634 | #37 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,499 | 6,589 | #43 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,392 | 5,574 | #56 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,887 | 5,730 | #55 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,797 | 5,300 | #59 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,232 | 4,889 | #75 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,940 | 3,994 | #98 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,150 | 3,631 | #110 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,875 | 3,743 | #105 |
| 2015 | 12 | #9,333 | 3,740 | #107 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,629 | 3,691 | #108 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,905 | 3,415 | #115 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,996 | 3,269 | #111 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,348 | 3,359 | #115 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,988 | 2,870 | #137 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,296 | 2,402 | #161 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,895 | 2,360 | #167 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,964 | 2,133 | #189 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,938 | #201 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,012 | 1,755 | #210 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,382 | 1,581 | #221 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,031 | 1,512 | #228 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,816 | 1,416 | #239 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,384 | #245 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,720 | 1,305 | #257 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,053 | #281 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,181 | #253 |
| 1997 | — | — | 943 | #296 |
| 1996 | — | — | 829 | #319 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,966 | 795 | #327 |
| 1994 | — | — | 948 | #289 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,073 | #269 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,854 | 1,018 | #283 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,546 | 982 | #272 |
| 1990 | — | — | 993 | #269 |
| 1989 | — | — | 957 | #264 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,978 | 887 | #265 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,551 | 835 | #262 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,531 | 777 | #275 |
| 1985 | — | — | 456 | #397 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,926 | 409 | #408 |
| 1983 | — | — | 348 | #446 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,651 | 405 | #415 |
| 1981 | — | — | 300 | #483 |
| 1980 | — | — | 298 | #490 |
| 1979 | — | — | 308 | #468 |
| 1978 | — | — | 232 | #545 |
| 1977 | — | — | 227 | #554 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,299 | 196 | #584 |
| 1975 | — | — | 227 | #532 |
| 1974 | — | — | 206 | #559 |
| 1973 | — | — | 206 | #550 |
| 1972 | — | — | 204 | #563 |
| 1971 | — | — | 205 | #571 |
| 1970 | — | — | 230 | #532 |
| 1969 | — | — | 227 | #516 |
| 1968 | — | — | 210 | #526 |
| 1967 | — | — | 203 | #524 |
| 1966 | — | — | 215 | #518 |
| 1965 | — | — | 291 | #453 |
| 1964 | — | — | 317 | #448 |
| 1963 | — | — | 331 | #438 |
| 1962 | — | — | 386 | #409 |
| 1961 | — | — | 323 | #450 |
| 1960 | — | — | 331 | #442 |
| 1959 | — | — | 320 | #447 |
| 1958 | — | — | 327 | #434 |
| 1957 | — | — | 309 | #437 |
| 1956 | — | — | 321 | #422 |
| 1955 | — | — | 318 | #412 |
| 1954 | — | — | 353 | #378 |
| 1953 | — | — | 293 | #410 |
| 1952 | — | — | 307 | #392 |
| 1951 | — | — | 300 | #391 |
| 1950 | — | — | 326 | #375 |
| 1949 | — | — | 286 | #397 |
| 1948 | — | — | 276 | #410 |
| 1947 | — | — | 272 | #414 |
| 1946 | — | — | 202 | #447 |
| 1945 | — | — | 163 | #467 |
| 1944 | — | — | 156 | #489 |
| 1943 | — | — | 154 | #500 |
| 1942 | — | — | 175 | #469 |
| 1941 | — | — | 160 | #471 |
| 1940 | — | — | 150 | #472 |
| 1939 | — | — | 166 | #443 |
| 1938 | — | — | 163 | #453 |
| 1937 | — | — | 147 | #459 |
| 1936 | — | — | 179 | #414 |
| 1935 | — | — | 161 | #450 |
| 1934 | — | — | 154 | #454 |
| 1933 | — | — | 157 | #440 |
| 1932 | — | — | 197 | #403 |
| 1931 | — | — | 169 | #436 |
| 1930 | — | — | 165 | #461 |
| 1929 | — | — | 185 | #434 |
| 1928 | — | — | 220 | #404 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,771 | 215 | #411 |
| 1926 | — | — | 242 | #377 |
| 1925 | — | — | 244 | #383 |
| 1924 | — | — | 233 | #399 |
| 1923 | — | — | 239 | #385 |
| 1922 | — | — | 295 | #344 |
| 1921 | — | — | 233 | #400 |
| 1920 | — | — | 231 | #390 |
| 1919 | — | — | 261 | #355 |
| 1918 | — | — | 245 | #381 |
| 1917 | — | — | 232 | #365 |
| 1916 | — | — | 217 | #374 |
| 1915 | — | — | 186 | #395 |
| 1914 | — | — | 127 | #427 |
| 1913 | — | — | 119 | #391 |
| 1912 | — | — | 93 | #400 |
| 1911 | — | — | 50 | #407 |
| 1910 | — | — | 53 | #350 |
| 1909 | — | — | 42 | #369 |
| 1908 | — | — | 44 | #342 |
| 1907 | — | — | 41 | #338 |
| 1906 | — | — | 24 | #460 |
| 1905 | — | — | 36 | #344 |
| 1904 | — | — | 45 | #287 |
| 1903 | — | — | 44 | #286 |
| 1902 | — | — | 45 | #283 |
| 1901 | — | — | 37 | #288 |
| 1900 | — | — | 55 | #280 |
| 1899 | — | — | 36 | #293 |
| 1898 | — | — | 59 | #230 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #265 |
| 1896 | — | — | 42 | #286 |
| 1895 | — | — | 33 | #324 |
| 1894 | — | — | 56 | #229 |
| 1893 | — | — | 35 | #296 |
| 1892 | — | — | 47 | #263 |
| 1891 | — | — | 44 | #241 |
| 1890 | — | — | 47 | #249 |
| 1889 | — | — | 33 | #302 |
| 1888 | — | — | 43 | #276 |
| 1887 | — | — | 35 | #274 |
| 1886 | — | — | 36 | #285 |
| 1885 | — | — | 52 | #228 |
| 1884 | — | — | 39 | #276 |
| 1883 | — | — | 42 | #257 |
| 1882 | — | — | 44 | #261 |
| 1881 | — | — | 40 | #251 |
| 1880 | — | — | 54 | #217 |
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).