How Many People Are Named Giles?
people named Giles are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 160,011 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,732 babies named Giles in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
86 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat". Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name Aegidius became Gidie and then Gilles, at which point it was imported to England.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Giles in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Giles alive today is about 47 years old, and 38% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 27 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Giles first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 86 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Giles has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #367, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #6,928.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,928 |
| Best rank | #367 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #811 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Giles alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Giles were born in Virginia than in any other state: about 64 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Giles was given 15.7 times as often in Virginia, 5 times in North Carolina and 2.9 times in Texas.
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