Miles
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. Myles is a variant spelling in English.
Meaning & Origin of Miles
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
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. Myles is a variant spelling in English.
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The Story of Miles
Miles first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 54 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 6,908 Miless were born — ranking #32 that year. As of 2026, Miles ranks #32 for baby boys with 6,908 births, rising sharply (+38% over the past five years). In total, more than 130K Miless have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Miles
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- Miles (bishop of Susa) (d. c. 340)
- Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford (d. 1143)
- Miles of Plancy (d. 1174), Crusader knight
- Miles de Cogan (fl. 1170s), Anglo-Norman knight
- Miles de Angulo (fl. 1250s), Anglo-Irish knight
- Miles of Marseilles (b. c. 1294), Jewish physician
- Miles de Noyers (d. 1350), French diplomat
- Miles Aiken (born 1941), American basketball player
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Names that sound like Miles
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About the name Miles
Miles is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 130K births in the dataset. Miles's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #32. Use the chart and map above to compare Miles's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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