How Many People Are Named Miles?
people named Miles are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,040 people in the US has this name
Based on 123,225 babies named Miles in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,655 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Germanic name Milo, introduced by the Normans to England in the form Miles. The meaning is not known for certain. It is possibly connected to the Slavic name element milu meaning "gracious". From an early date it was associated with Latin miles "soldier".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Miles in English. Counting Miles and these spellings together, about 173,395 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Miles (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Miles alive today is about 16 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Miles first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 6,655 babies. In 2025, 6,085 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Miles never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #37, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 2018 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #44.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #44 |
| Best rank | #37 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (2018 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #107 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Miles alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Miles were born in California than in any other state: about 13,589 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Miles was given 2 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in District of Columbia and 1.8 times in Utah.
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