Names like Myles

In 2025, 3,511 boys born in the US were named Myles, #100 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1887, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1909.

Its best rank was #99, in 2024.

The most births in one year were 3,564, in 2024.

Births rose 101% from 1,748 in 2015.

For 10 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1904 or later (Myles's began in 1909).

Myles's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   —
2. 1890
   #803
3. 1900
   #669
4. 1910
   #625
5. 1920
   #766
6. 1930
   #734
7. 1940
   #733
8. 1950
   #654
9. 1960
   #709
10. 1970
    #838
11. 1980
    #818
12. 1990
    #426
13. 2000
    #290
14. 2010
    #254
15. 2020
    #124
16. 2025
    #100

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Myles's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.