Myles

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Myles is ranked 99th among boys in 2024 (3,551 births). Its best rank was 99th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #99up 8 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3,5510.21% of boys
Peak year: 20243,551 births
Best rank: #99in 2024
Since 1887: 60,971people given the name

Babies named Myles, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

60,971 boys have been named Myles in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,551 births — 0.21% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 29%. It has spent 129 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Myles
1880s	18
1890s	52
1900s	87
1910s	465
1920s	772
1930s	669
1940s	828
1950s	1,140
1960s	1,017
1970s	970
1980s	2,527
1990s	7,096
2000s	11,087
2010s	17,803
2020s	16,440

In 2024, its biggest year

Myles was the 99th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Myles

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Miles116,752 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.