Miles
Feminine · “Not settled”
Miles is given to boys far more often — 122,868 boys against 357 girls since 1880. See Miles as a boy name
Miles entered the US charts in 1927, peaked at #3561 in 1927, ranks #7885 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Miles?
Miles first appears in US birth records in 1927 — 98 years ago. The typical Miles is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 300 people named Miles are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Miles most popular?
Miles peaked in 1927, reaching #3561 nationally. Today it ranks #7885, 4,324 places below that high. See the whole 1927 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Milo to Miles
The story of Miles
The written trail begins with the Latin Milo, which turns up across medieval Europe, and reaches English through Norman French as Miles after the Conquest. It stayed in steady if modest English use through the Middle Ages and the Tudor period — Miles Coverdale, who produced the first complete printed English Bible in the sixteenth century, carried it. English and Irish settlers brought both Miles and the variant Myles to North America, where the name has been on record since American statistics began. Its recent rise owes a good deal to the twentieth century, and to Miles Davis, whose name is now the first association many Americans make.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not settled — most often linked to Latin miles, 'soldier'
The soldier reading comes from the Latin word miles, which the name resembles closely; it has been repeated for centuries. Many etymologists treat that as a later association rather than the source, and point instead to a Germanic or Slavic root related to mil, 'gracious, dear', behind the Latin form Milo. Both readings are seriously held, and neither has won.
How the name formed
- Milo
- Miles
- Myles
Related forms: Milo · Myles · Milo · Milo · Miloš
Pronouncing Miles
MYLZ
One syllable, rhyming with smiles. The pronunciation is the same in English-speaking countries; the Latin and Italian Milo is two syllables, MEE-loh.
Nicknames for Miles
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1927
- Most girls named
- 202323 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3561reached in 1927
- Change vs 2024
- −38.1%13 in 2025, from 21
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Miles in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Milo in Latin — same name
- Myles in English / Irish — spelling variant
- Milo in Italian — same name
- Milo in German — same name
- Miloš in Czech / Serbian — related form
Miless among us
people named Miles are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 123,636 born in 2025 was named Miles
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Miles
- #7885
- Miles on the 2025 chart
- #929
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Miles went to 13 girls in 2025, but Myles is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 31, which makes it the 929th most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,956 places above the chart.
- Myles18
- Miles13
About 1 girl in 51,847 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 123,636 for Miles itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Miles sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Miles beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Miles in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
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Feminine · #7885 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Miless are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Miles are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Miles?
- Miles is one of 2 recorded spellings. Myles is the more common one — 18 births in 2025 against 13 for Miles.
- How popular is the name Miles in 2025?
- Miles ranks #7885 among US girl names in 2025, with 13 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Miles?
- About 1 in every 123,636 US girls born in 2025 was named Miles — 13 in all.
- Will my child share the name Miles with classmates?
- Miles will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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