girls:
293 births since 1993
#5423 (5th percentile)
boys:
57.4k births since 1887
#449 (90th percentile)
overall:
57.7k births since 1887
#983 (87th percentile)
The name Myles is the #983 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 57,683 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 87.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #449 (90.2% percentile) for all time with 57,390 births since 1887. For girls, it ranks #5,423 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 293 births since 1993.
Myles first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Myles is available in 132 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (132 years for boys and 26 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Myles has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Myles reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 88.8% percentile (ranked #103) with 1,856 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,856 births per million (ranked 88.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Myles is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #103 (88.8% percentile) with 1,856 births per million.
For girls, Myles reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #923) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2009, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Myles is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #923 (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Myles".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Myles is pronounced as mailz, which has 1 syllables.
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