Jiles
Boy · JYLZ · Greek
Jiles is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “young goat”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jiles mean?
Greek: variant of Giles, from Latin Aegidius
“young goat”
A variant of Giles, from Saint Giles (Aegidius), a 7th-century hermit in Provence and patron saint of the disabled.
- Say it
- JYLZ
Is Jiles a girl's or a boy's name?
Jiles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jiles in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jiles, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Jiles in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jiles in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
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