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Miles

“Uncertain origin; folk-linked to Latin for soldier, or Slavic for grace” — Old French, of uncertain Germanic or Slavic origin

Boy's name · #44 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Miles reached its best rank, #37, in 2024 and ranked #44 in 2025. About 123,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variant Myles (#100), Miles would rank around #13 with about 9,600 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Miles and Myles.

Around the world: #36 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #38 in Canada (2024) · #53 in New Zealand (2025) · #58 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #68 in Australia (NSW) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mileses

• Miles Davis — American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
• Miles Teller — American actor
• Miles Heizer — American actor
• Miles Dempsey — British army officer (1896-1969)
• Miles Joseph Berkeley — British botanist (1803-1889)

In stories & tradition

• Miles "Tails" Prower — Sonic the Hedgehog · Sonic Battle
• Miles Morales — Spider-Man · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Miles O'Brien — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · The Homecoming

What Mileses become

Among 555 notable people named Miles:

Sports figures appear 1.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Miles Robinson, American soccer player.

Similar names: Myles · Leonardo · Milan · Lincoln · Julian · Wyatt

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