Myles
Myles stands at #100 nationally in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. It has been on the books since 1887 and never mattered more than it does today; 64,512 bearers and counting.


What Myles carries
Myles · Greek
“crusher”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Myles’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Myles, 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.
Myles since 1887
Myles peaked in 2024 at #99; #100 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Myles is most common
Myles is most common in South Dakota: 0.7% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. North Dakota (0.66%) and Nebraska (0.58%) follow.
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 Myles
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
Milo
#119 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Maisie
#233 in 2025 · Greek
Milan
#242 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Cora
#113 in 2025 · Greek
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About Myles
How common is Myles today?
Myles stands at #100 nationally in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1887.
What does Myles mean?
The reference we cite records “crusher”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Myles?
Margot, Milo and Miles sit nearest to Myles 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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