first name
MYLES
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,830 people named Myles, 54.3% reported their origin as White, 25% as Black and 8.7% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Myles peaked in 2024, when 3,578 babies got the name.
At least 64,837 babies have been given the name since 1887. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Myles by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #186. The largest share of babies named Myles, 51.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Myles is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Myles has been most common in New Hampshire (2×), Nevada (1.9×), and Hawaii (1.4×), and least common in Wyoming (0.4×).
59,831 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Myles ranks #2,557 of 156,621, with 13,774 people. See Myles as a last name
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