Fun Facts About the Name Myles
- A newer favorite: Myles first entered the U.S. top 100 in 2024 and stayed there through 2025 - a run of 2 consecutive years.
- More than 64 thousand babies named Myles: U.S. records list 64,807 babies given the name Myles from 1880 through 2025. Even 325 girls received the name Myles - about 1 girl for every 198 boys.
What Does the Name Myles Mean?
Myles is an English spelling of the given name Miles, which came into English from Old French Miles. The French form descends from the Germanic personal name Milo, and the meaning of that Germanic name is not securely known. The explanation most often repeated links it to Latin miles, "soldier" (genitive militis), the word medieval Latin also used for a knight. That fits the name's medieval military flavor, but the sounds of Milo do not develop naturally from miles, so the link may be a later association rather than the original source.
A second explanation derives Milo from a Germanic root meaning "mild" or "merciful," a sense also carried by Slavic names built on mil-, such as Miloš and Milan. Neither explanation can be confirmed from the surviving evidence, so the oldest meaning of the name is best described as uncertain. A separate route into use exists in Ireland, where Myles has been used as an English form of the Gaelic Maol Íosa, "servant of Jesus"; that Gaelic name also lies behind the Irish surname sometimes written Miles.
Myles Name History & Origins
The Germanic name Milo is recorded in early medieval Europe in Frankish and Lombard territory, and Norman settlers carried its Old French descendant Miles to England, where it appears as both a given name and a surname from the 11th and 12th centuries onward. Medieval England used it steadily for churchmen, knights, and landowners, and the name also turns up in chronicles and romances of the period. The spelling Myles is a later English variant that became common in the 16th and 17th centuries; it is the form used for Myles Coverdale, whose 1535 Bible was the first complete printed English Bible, and for Myles Standish, the military adviser at Plymouth Colony in the 1620s.
In Ireland, Myles was used as the English form of the Gaelic Maol Íosa. The name remained current there in later centuries: the 20th-century Irish writer Brian O'Nolan wrote a satirical newspaper column under the pen name Myles na gCopaleen. The related spelling Miles also survives as a surname throughout the English-speaking world, while the y-spelling has stayed an accepted English variant.
How Popular is the Name Myles?
Myles recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2024. Myles entered the top 100 U.S. boy names in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,481 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2024 | #7,821 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #4,709 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #5,914 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #6,331 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,789 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #5,732 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #7,642 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #9,754 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #7,131 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #8,299 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #11,648 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #12,807 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #8,981 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #14,369 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #14,501 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #12,154 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #19,565 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #16,517 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #14,040 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #12,395 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #15,178 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #13,034 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #16,769 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #13,214 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #10,208 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #14,972 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #10,244 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #100 | 3,511 | 0.2056% |
| 2024 | #99 | 3,551 | 0.2070% |
| 2023 | #107 | 3,409 | 0.1995% |
| 2022 | #112 | 3,356 | 0.1924% |
| 2021 | #119 | 3,164 | 0.1810% |
| 2020 | #124 | 2,960 | 0.1716% |
| 2019 | #143 | 2,654 | 0.1480% |
| 2018 | #193 | 2,102 | 0.1158% |
| 2017 | #212 | 1,811 | 0.0979% |
| 2016 | #229 | 1,699 | 0.0896% |
| 2015 | #223 | 1,745 | 0.0911% |
| 2014 | #226 | 1,669 | 0.0869% |
| 2013 | #224 | 1,638 | 0.0866% |
| 2012 | #221 | 1,620 | 0.0854% |
| 2011 | #237 | 1,509 | 0.0795% |
| 2010 | #253 | 1,356 | 0.0707% |
| 2009 | #265 | 1,304 | 0.0657% |
| 2008 | #265 | 1,309 | 0.0642% |
| 2007 | #299 | 1,139 | 0.0549% |
| 2006 | #311 | 1,051 | 0.0511% |
| 2005 | #311 | 1,064 | 0.0533% |
| 2004 | #296 | 1,075 | 0.0542% |
| 2003 | #275 | 1,128 | 0.0571% |
| 2002 | #301 | 970 | 0.0500% |
| 2001 | #295 | 1,003 | 0.0516% |
| 2000 | #290 | 1,044 | 0.0532% |
| 1999 | #313 | 916 | 0.0477% |
| 1998 | #304 | 931 | 0.0487% |
| 1997 | #343 | 752 | 0.0399% |
| 1996 | #366 | 652 | 0.0344% |
| 1995 | #373 | 638 | 0.0335% |
| 1994 | #347 | 712 | 0.0369% |
| 1993 | #313 | 860 | 0.0438% |
| 1992 | #391 | 585 | 0.0293% |
| 1991 | #425 | 529 | 0.0262% |
| 1990 | #428 | 521 | 0.0254% |
| 1989 | #469 | 407 | 0.0203% |
| 1988 | #464 | 385 | 0.0201% |
| 1987 | #434 | 411 | 0.0220% |
| 1986 | #440 | 382 | 0.0207% |
| 1985 | #602 | 213 | 0.0115% |
| 1984 | #681 | 162 | 0.0090% |
| 1983 | #672 | 162 | 0.0090% |
| 1982 | #705 | 153 | 0.0084% |
| 1981 | #733 | 140 | 0.0078% |
| 1980 | #835 | 112 | 0.0063% |
| 1979 | #823 | 112 | 0.0065% |
| 1978 | #838 | 105 | 0.0064% |
| 1977 | #781 | 120 | 0.0073% |
| 1976 | #859 | 95 | 0.0061% |
| 1975 | #866 | 93 | 0.0060% |
| 1974 | #945 | 75 | 0.0048% |
| 1973 | #831 | 92 | 0.0059% |
| 1972 | #865 | 87 | 0.0054% |
| 1971 | #794 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 1970 | #858 | 88 | 0.0047% |
| 1969 | #859 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 1968 | #807 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 1967 | #776 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 1966 | #803 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 1965 | #738 | 101 | 0.0054% |
| 1964 | #726 | 112 | 0.0056% |
| 1963 | #717 | 120 | 0.0059% |
| 1962 | #717 | 115 | 0.0056% |
| 1961 | #713 | 116 | 0.0055% |
| 1960 | #724 | 116 | 0.0054% |
| 1959 | #709 | 118 | 0.0055% |
| 1958 | #739 | 100 | 0.0047% |
| 1957 | #712 | 110 | 0.0051% |
| 1956 | #685 | 121 | 0.0057% |
| 1955 | #650 | 129 | 0.0063% |
| 1954 | #711 | 105 | 0.0052% |
| 1953 | #684 | 109 | 0.0055% |
| 1952 | #636 | 122 | 0.0063% |
| 1951 | #654 | 116 | 0.0062% |
| 1950 | #667 | 110 | 0.0061% |
| 1949 | #644 | 113 | 0.0064% |
| 1948 | #640 | 112 | 0.0064% |
| 1947 | #695 | 100 | 0.0055% |
| 1946 | #736 | 80 | 0.0049% |
| 1945 | #771 | 64 | 0.0048% |
| 1944 | #726 | 74 | 0.0054% |
| 1943 | #730 | 79 | 0.0055% |
| 1942 | #726 | 79 | 0.0057% |
| 1941 | #811 | 61 | 0.0050% |
| 1940 | #766 | 66 | 0.0057% |
| 1939 | #779 | 61 | 0.0055% |
| 1938 | #707 | 75 | 0.0068% |
| 1937 | #696 | 75 | 0.0070% |
| 1936 | #712 | 71 | 0.0068% |
| 1935 | #827 | 57 | 0.0055% |
| 1934 | #760 | 66 | 0.0064% |
| 1933 | #760 | 65 | 0.0066% |
| 1932 | #833 | 59 | 0.0057% |
| 1931 | #738 | 70 | 0.0067% |
| 1930 | #769 | 70 | 0.0064% |
| 1929 | #749 | 72 | 0.0067% |
| 1928 | #706 | 81 | 0.0073% |
| 1927 | #807 | 68 | 0.0060% |
| 1926 | #809 | 67 | 0.0060% |
| 1925 | #737 | 79 | 0.0071% |
| 1924 | #675 | 93 | 0.0082% |
| 1923 | #827 | 67 | 0.0061% |
| 1922 | #746 | 79 | 0.0073% |
| 1921 | #667 | 95 | 0.0086% |
| 1920 | #799 | 71 | 0.0067% |
| 1919 | #857 | 60 | 0.0061% |
| 1918 | #707 | 80 | 0.0079% |
| 1917 | #783 | 65 | 0.0070% |
| 1916 | #880 | 52 | 0.0058% |
| 1915 | #788 | 59 | 0.0070% |
| 1914 | #719 | 53 | 0.0081% |
| 1913 | #891 | 31 | 0.0060% |
| 1912 | #813 | 30 | 0.0070% |
| 1911 | #884 | 15 | 0.0066% |
| 1910 | #668 | 20 | 0.0103% |
| 1909 | #793 | 14 | 0.0085% |
| 1908 | #1,183 | 7 | 0.0045% |
| 1907 | #1,484 | 5 | 0.0034% |
| 1906 | #835 | 10 | 0.0075% |
| 1905 | #897 | 9 | 0.0068% |
| 1904 | #1,033 | 7 | 0.0055% |
| 1903 | #1,251 | 5 | 0.0042% |
| 1902 | #843 | 9 | 0.0073% |
| 1901 | #831 | 8 | 0.0075% |
| 1900 | #722 | 13 | 0.0086% |
| 1898 | #594 | 14 | 0.0114% |
| 1896 | #949 | 7 | 0.0059% |
| 1895 | #847 | 8 | 0.0068% |
| 1893 | #889 | 7 | 0.0062% |
| 1891 | #624 | 10 | 0.0099% |
| 1890 | #963 | 6 | 0.0054% |
| 1888 | #887 | 7 | 0.0058% |
| 1887 | #573 | 11 | 0.0108% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Myles Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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