Myles

What Myles means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Myles?

US: Rising: up from #223 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #194 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 3,564 boys got the name (#99 that year). First in the US records in 1887.

How common

• About 1 in 486 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 356 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 198 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 SD (7.03 per 1,000 boys), ND (6.56 per 1,000 boys), NE (5.78 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Myles is #100 in the US and #67 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.5% of US babies named Myles 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

• Miles6,072 US · 474 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

• Miles

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Myles

Boys

• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*

For a sister

• Emory#339Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #339 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Amalia#566“vigor, bravery”^*
• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Astrid#376Danish, from Old Norse Ástríðr, meaning “god + beautiful, originally…^*
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Willa#422Editor’s note Up from #480 in 2015 to #422 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Myles’s. Rank is US 2025.