Miles

What Miles means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Miles yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Miles?

US: Rising: up from #107 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #168 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 6,589 boys got the name (#43 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 281 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 574 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 655 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (11.01 per 1,000 boys), VT (9.9 per 1,000 boys), MT (9.83 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Miles is #44 in the US and #114 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.8% of US babies named Miles were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Myles3,511 US · 764 E&W
• Milos15 US
• Mylez13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Myles

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Miles

Boys

• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025

For a sister

• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Millie#73Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #469 in 2015, #73 in 2025
• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Wren#231Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #703 in 2015, #231 in 2025
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Miles’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.