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Miles
Pronounced /maɪlz/
Rank in 2024
#37
Born in 2024
6,611
Peak year
2024 · #37
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 6,611 boys were named Miles, about 1 in every 259.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 116,752 boys have been named Miles since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Miles per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 1.0Gen Z1997–12
- 2.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,873 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Silent: 3,021 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,898 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,685 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,012 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Z: 30,460 babies, 0.97 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 56,887 babies, 2.62 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old French given name Milo, of problematic origin, possibly from an unknown Germanic element, or a short form of Slavic names beginning with mil- "grace, favor". The English form is associated by folk etymology with Latin mīles (“soldier”). As a surname, it is also derived from a Middle English Miles form of Michael.
- A male given name from an uncertain origin.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /maɪlz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.