Miles
In 2025 Miles comes in at #44 nationally, peaking as we speak. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 122,868 bearers and counting.
What Miles carries
Miles · Greek
“crusher”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Miles’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Miles, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Miles since 1880
Miles peaked in 2024 at #37; #44 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Miles is most common
The state that gives Miles most often, per boys born there, is Wyoming (1.1% in 2025); Vermont and Montana are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Miles
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Myles
#100 in 2025 · Greek
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
Milo
#119 in 2025 · Greek
Maisie
#233 in 2025 · Greek
Milan
#242 in 2025 · Greek
Sophie
#55 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
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About Miles
How popular is the name Miles?
In 2025 Miles comes in at #44 nationally, peaking as we speak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Miles?
“crusher” is the meaning our source sets down, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Miles?
Myles, Margot and Milo sit nearest to Miles on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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