# Myles (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/myles/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪlz/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Miles |
| US babies named this | 64,837 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 64,512 / 325 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9,613, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,370 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,981 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,807 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,653 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,302 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,134 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,756 |
| 2018 | 15 | 7,648 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,737 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,791 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,336 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,918 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,716 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,847 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,481 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,509 | 237 |
| 2012 | 1,620 | 221 |
| 2013 | 1,638 | 224 |
| 2014 | 1,670 | 226 |
| 2015 | 1,748 | 223 |
| 2016 | 1,699 | 229 |
| 2017 | 1,811 | 212 |
| 2018 | 2,103 | 193 |
| 2019 | 2,656 | 143 |
| 2020 | 2,963 | 124 |
| 2021 | 3,167 | 119 |
| 2022 | 3,359 | 112 |
| 2023 | 3,411 | 107 |
| 2024 | 3,564 | 99 |
| 2025 | 3,511 | 100 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 233 | 212 |
| 2012 | 276 | 199 |
| 2013 | 315 | 177 |
| 2014 | 307 | 182 |
| 2015 | 297 | 194 |
| 2016 | 267 | 211 |
| 2017 | 320 | 173 |
| 2018 | 404 | 141 |
| 2019 | 458 | 123 |
| 2020 | 591 | 98 |
| 2021 | 592 | 100 |
| 2022 | 569 | 97 |
| 2023 | 551 | 99 |
| 2024 | 609 | 87 |
| 2025 | 764 | 67 |

## People named Myles

- Myles Lewis-Skelly, English footballer (born 2006)
- Myles Kennedy, American singer and guitarist
- Myles Garrett, American football player (born 1995)
- Myles Pollard, Australian actor
- Myles Jeffrey, American actor
- Myles Smith, British singer
- Myles Erlick, Canadian actor and dancer
- Myles Burnyeat, British scholar of ancient philosophy (1939–2019)
- Myles Standish, English military officer hired by the Pilgrims (1584-1656)
- Myles Powell, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Myles Hesson, British basketball player (born 1990)
- Myles Jack, American football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.