Giles
Boy · Greek
Giles is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “kid, young goat”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Giles mean?
Greek
“kid, young goat”
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Giles a girl's or a boy's name?
Giles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giles in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Giles, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 63 boys.
Half of all the boys named Giles in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Giles in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 24 | #900 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 30 | #673 |
| 2000 | 31 | #654 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 34 | #596 |
| 1997 | 63 | #403 |
| 1996 | 48 | #446 |
How popular is Giles in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Giles, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 86 boys.
Half of all the boys named Giles in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Giles in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 31 | #1,535 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,130 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,049 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 62 | #948 |
| 1954 | 58 | #972 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 50 | #991 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,021 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 54 | #967 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 54 | #861 |
| 1943 | 51 | #933 |
| 1942 | 49 | #947 |
| 1941 | 62 | #798 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 47 | #904 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 52 | #844 |
| 1935 | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 |
| 1933 | 69 | #733 |
| 1932 | 77 | #703 |
| 1931 | 66 | #768 |
| 1930 | 63 | #815 |
| 1929 | 69 | #771 |
| 1928 | 80 | #708 |
| 1927 | 70 | #786 |
| 1926 | 60 | #855 |
| 1925 | 78 | #739 |
| 1924 | 63 | #865 |
| 1923 | 64 | #846 |
| 1922 | 80 | #737 |
| 1921 | 52 | #973 |
| 1920 | 69 | #805 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 |
| 1918 | 86 | #667 |
| 1917 | 73 | #713 |
| 1916 | 54 | #856 |
| 1915 | 65 | #741 |
| 1914 | 56 | #678 |
| 1913 | 45 | #667 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 17 | #448 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 20 | #416 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 15 | #480 |
| 1884 | 14 | #504 |
| 1883 | 17 | #433 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 18 | #403 |
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