NameTides

Myles

Myles was the #100 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,511 babies), and #67 in England & Wales and #51 in Canada.

Myles as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Myles 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Myles 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#100 (3,511)#67 (764)#43 (99)#86 (27)#112 (49)#51 (467)#74 (112)#71 (102)
2024#99 (3,564)#87 (609)#35 (111)#118 (18)#115 (48)#60 (437)#90 (93)#74 (102)
2023#107 (3,411)#99 (551)#76 (67)#139 (17)#119 (48)#63 (429)—#91 (75)
2022#112 (3,359)#97 (569)#65 (81)#142 (17)#192 (27)#83 (363)——
2021#119 (3,167)#100 (592)#57 (92)#139 (18)#141 (42)#83 (391)——
2020#124 (2,963)#98 (591)#92 (62)#169 (13)#152 (38)#85 (377)——
2019#143 (2,656)#123 (458)#108 (53)#122 (21)#202 (26)#108 (324)——
2018#193 (2,103)#141 (404)#134 (46)#187 (12)#205 (27)#150 (251)——
2017#212 (1,811)#173 (320)#151 (38)#229 (8)#250 (20)#193 (199)——
2016#229 (1,699)#211 (267)#190 (28)#195 (11)#218 (25)#181 (208)——
2015#223 (1,748)#194 (297)#179 (32)#222 (9)#253 (20)#165 (229)——
2014#226 (1,670)#182 (307)#188 (30)#175 (14)#280 (17)#164 (229)——
2013#224 (1,638)#177 (315)#207 (23)#161 (16)#257 (20)#169 (218)——
2012#221 (1,620)#199 (276)#216 (22)#231 (8)#279 (17)#179 (196)——
2011#237 (1,509)#212 (233)#184 (28)#245 (7)#272 (18)#189 (187)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #99.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.

How common is it?

about 1 in 490 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 490common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 360common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 310common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 480common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 340common

Next year

On its recent trend, Myles is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 460 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 440 to 1 in 480.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Myles by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #54MEWisconsin: #39WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #88NHWashington: #114WAIdaho: #104IDMontana: #76MTNorth Dakota: #32NDMinnesota: #50MNIllinois: #104ILMichigan: #59MINew York: #113NYMassachusetts: #70MAOregon: #73ORNevada: #128NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #22SDIowa: #47IAIndiana: #53INOhio: #46OHPennsylvania: #81PANew Jersey: #135NJConnecticut: #109CTRhode Island: #71RICalifornia: #143CAUtah: #168UTColorado: #102CONebraska: #31NEMissouri: #74MOKentucky: #56KYWest Virginia: #82WVVirginia: #125VAMaryland: #97MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #151AZNew Mexico: #106NMKansas: #101KSArkansas: #77ARTennessee: #140TNNorth Carolina: #115NCSouth Carolina: #106SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #86OKLouisiana: #50LAMississippi: #64MSAlabama: #145ALGeorgia: #124GAHawaii: #53HITexas: #158TXFlorida: #111FL
Myles (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#41223
Quebec2025#35313

Myles (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
MylesCanadaGirls#3,4785
MylesCanadaBoys#51467
MylesEngland & WalesBoys#67764
MylesIrelandBoys#11249
MylesNorthern IrelandBoys#8627
MylesNSWBoys#74112
MylesScotlandBoys#4399
MylesUSGirls#6,32518
MylesUSBoys#1003,511
MylesVICBoys#71102