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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 547 babies (rank #38 that year). In 2024 it was given to 547 boys (rank #38). 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.

5,545
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
547
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
199146#442
199252#422
199343#467
199424#633
199538#506
199632#576
199736#533
199829#619
199923#727
200039#501
200153#410
200237#539
200356#407
200448#475
200570#350
200677#353
200792#317
2008100#312
2009122#260
2010143#237
2011175#202
2012166#213
2013189#195
2014208#187
2015200#192
2016232#163
2017236#160
2018263#141
2019373#92
2020375#87
2021504#58
2022430#67
2023487#45
2024547#38