NameTides

Miles

Miles was the #44 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,072 babies), and #114 in England & Wales and #34 in Canada.

Miles as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Miles as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern Ireland
Miles as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#44 (6,072)#114 (474)#148 (30)#395 (3)#211 (22)#34 (571)#68 (117)#36 (160)
2024#37 (6,634)#104 (507)#114 (45)#239 (8)#231 (19)#38 (546)#62 (122)#44 (145)
2023#43 (6,589)#106 (502)#142 (34)#348 (4)#215 (22)#45 (487)#62 (121)#48 (125)
2022#56 (5,574)#112 (482)#156 (32)#207 (10)#239 (20)#67 (431)—#57 (111)
2021#55 (5,730)#111 (533)#172 (27)#433 (3)#204 (25)#57 (504)—#62 (109)
2020#59 (5,300)#144 (390)#176 (26)#392 (3)#324 (13)#86 (375)—#75 (93)
2019#75 (4,889)#147 (381)#219 (21)#365 (4)#322 (13)#92 (373)—#100 (82)
2018#98 (3,994)#170 (326)#288 (13)#319 (5)#329 (12)#141 (263)——
2017#110 (3,631)#193 (281)#318 (12)#363 (4)#547 (5)#160 (236)——
2016#105 (3,743)#179 (319)#375 (9)#358 (4)#541 (5)#162 (231)——
2015#107 (3,740)#168 (347)#389 (8)#237 (8)#699 (3)#190 (200)——
2014#108 (3,691)#161 (356)#358 (10)#398 (3)—#187 (207)——
2013#115 (3,415)#180 (313)#280 (14)#398 (3)#479 (6)#192 (189)——
2012#111 (3,269)#185 (301)#467 (6)—#548 (5)#212 (165)——
2011#115 (3,359)#185 (303)#364 (9)—#540 (5)#200 (175)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #43.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 570common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 650common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 280common

Next year

On its recent trend, Miles is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 220 to 1 in 300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Miles by state, 2025Alaska: #53AKMaine: #20MEWisconsin: #25WIVermont: #27VTNew Hampshire: #20NHWashington: #20WAIdaho: #28IDMontana: #12MTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #22MNIllinois: #32ILMichigan: #41MINew York: #54NYMassachusetts: #32MAOregon: #27ORNevada: #58NVWyoming: #27WYSouth Dakota: #57SDIowa: #17IAIndiana: #50INOhio: #46OHPennsylvania: #28PANew Jersey: #42NJConnecticut: #33CTRhode Island: #44RICalifornia: #60CAUtah: #11UTColorado: #20CONebraska: #13NEMissouri: #33MOKentucky: #48KYWest Virginia: #36WVVirginia: #37VAMaryland: #58MDDelaware: #42DEArizona: #56AZNew Mexico: #121NMKansas: #38KSArkansas: #37ARTennessee: #47TNNorth Carolina: #52NCSouth Carolina: #63SCDistrict of Columbia: #30DCOklahoma: #52OKLouisiana: #54LAMississippi: #124MSAlabama: #58ALGeorgia: #63GAHawaii: #69HITexas: #86TXFlorida: #64FL
Miles (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#27274
Quebec2025#15339

Miles (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MilesCanadaBoys#34571
MilesEngland & WalesBoys#114474
MilesIrelandBoys#21122
MilesNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
MilesNSWBoys#68117
MilesScotlandBoys#14830
MilesUSGirls#7,88513
MilesUSBoys#446,072
MilesVICBoys#36160