Miles

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Miles or Myles is a Norman French masculine given name. It might have been a changed diminutive of the name Michael that was influenced by miles, the Latin word for a soldier, because of associations with Archangel Michael, the Roman Catholic patron saint of the military.

From Wikipedia

Miles first appears in the data in 2014 and has been recorded in 11 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2025 with 369 babies (rank #49 that year). In 2025 it was given to 369 boys (rank #49). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Miles

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Miles yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,340
Total babies (all years)
11
Years in the data
369
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
201412#164
20156#255
201610#187
20179#192
201982#123
202093#114
2021106#106
202233#120
2023257#54
2024363#54
2025369#49