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Miles

Gender
Boy
Say it
MYLZ
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#117 for boys
US rank, 2025
#44 for boys

Miles is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 117th for boys in the UK (507 babies) and 44th for boys in the US (6,072 babies).

What does Miles mean?

Germanic: Norman form of Milo; origin uncertain

Introduced to England by the Normans as Milo; long associated, perhaps wrongly, with Latin miles, soldier.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Miles a girl's or a boy's name?

Miles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 507 boys in the UK and 13 girls and 6,072 boys in the US.

How popular is Miles in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#117among boys
Babies in 2025
507about 1 in 590 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 37% in five years
Same name in a class
2.3%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 507 boys in the UK were named Miles, making it the 117th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 149th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 563 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Miles than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Miles in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 1,397 boys in the UK were given Miles or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #43, up from #117 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 114th in England and Wales, 148th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 563 in 20212025
Miles in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025507#117
2024560#106
2023540#110
2022524#123
2021563#117
2020419#149
2019406#159
2018344#177
2017297#206
2016332#192
2015363#182
2014369#173
2013330#195
2012307#204
2011312#199
2010288#205
2009249#218
2008272#199
2007270#197
2006253#194
2005255#189
2004227#192
2003233#184
2002304#150
2001264#160
2000254#161
1999248#157
1998308#144
1997249#158
1996223#164

How popular is Miles in the US?

Rank in 2025
#44among boys
Babies in 2025
6,072about 1 in 280 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 36% in five years
Same name in a class
4.9%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6,072 boys in the US were named Miles, making it the 44th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 59th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6,634 boys. 13 girls were also named Miles in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Miles in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 9,596 boys in the US were given Miles or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #17, up from #44 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 6,634 in 20242025
Miles in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256,072#44
20246,634#37
20236,589#43
20225,574#56
20215,730#55
20205,300#59
20194,889#75
20183,994#98
20173,631#110
20163,743#105
20153,740#107
20143,691#108
20133,415#115
20123,269#111
20113,359#115
20102,870#137
20092,402#161
20082,360#167
20072,133#189
20061,938#201
20051,755#210
20041,581#220
20031,512#228
20021,416#239
20011,384#245
20001,305#257
19991,053#281
19981,181#252
1997943#296
1996829#318
1995795#326
1994948#288
19931,073#269
19921,018#283
1991982#271
1990993#269
1989957#264
1988887#265
1987835#262
1986777#275
1985456#396
1984409#408
1983348#446
1982405#414
1981300#482
1980298#490
1979308#468
1978232#544
1977227#552
1976196#584
1975227#532
1974206#559
1973206#547
1972204#562
1971205#568
1970230#532
1969227#515
1968210#524
1967203#523
1966215#516
1965291#453
1964317#448
1963331#438
1962386#409
1961323#450
1960331#442
1959320#447
1958327#434
1957309#436
1956321#419
1955318#411
1954353#377
1953293#407
1952307#391
1951300#389
1950326#373
1949286#397
1948276#409
1947272#414
1946202#445
1945163#465
1944156#487
1943154#500
1942175#469
1941160#470
1940150#471
1939166#442
1938163#452
1937147#458
1936179#412
1935161#449
1934154#454
1933157#439
1932197#403
1931169#435
1930165#461
1929185#433
1928220#404
1927215#411
1926242#377
1925244#382
1924233#399
1923239#384
1922295#344
1921233#398
1920231#390
1919261#354
1918245#381
1917232#365
1916217#372
1915186#395
1914127#425
1913119#390
191293#399
191150#404
191053#345
190942#365
190844#341
190741#331
190624#456
190536#337
190445#285
190344#282
190245#282
190137#284
190055#277
189936#289
189859#230
189744#263
189642#282
189533#316
189456#228
189335#292
189247#261
189144#240
189047#246
188933#294
188843#273
188735#272
188636#283
188552#227
188439#271
188342#253
188244#258
188140#244
188054#216

Names like Miles

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Milo Elias Levi Hugo Tobias Eli Mason Hunter Elijah Carter Austin Jonah

Other spellings of Miles

Myles Mylez

Names related to Miles

Milosz Milos Mills

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Miles: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miles, updated 20 October 2026.