Spellings
Miles or Myles?
In the US in 2025, 63% of babies in this name family were spelled Miles and 37% Myles. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Miles already led in 2015, with 68% of the family's births; it has 63% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 5,488 to 9,583 births (+75%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | 3,740 | 6,072 | +62% |
| Myles | 1,748 | 3,511 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈmaɪlz/ (MYLZ). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Miles 15 births and Myles 5 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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