Boy or Girl

Is Giles a boy or girl name?

Giles is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 19 boys were named Giles, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 4,719 US babies named Giles were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#5,104
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Giles since 1880
4,719
Most popular year
1918
86 babies
Babies named Giles each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Giles from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Giles, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s15300%
1890s9300%
1900s10300%
1910s50800%
1920s68500%
1930s59500%
1940s47600%
1950s49000%
1960s34200%
1970s28000%
1980s25700%
1990s24300%
2000s21000%
2010s20700%
2020s7700%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202419#5,1040–
202311#7,4330–
202213#6,5910–
202116#5,6230–
202018#5,1010–
201929#3,7460–
201819#4,9900–
201715#5,8950–
201617#5,3890–
201520#4,7740–
201412#6,7760–
201320#4,6800–
201225#4,0520–
201120#4,7150–
201030#3,5650–
200920#4,8150–
200823#4,3080–
200726#3,9310–
200619#4,7480–
200528#3,4760–
200421#4,1680–
200322#3,8810–
200219#4,2290–
200117#4,5580–
200015#4,8730–
199918#4,0500–
199817#4,0780–
199724#3,0930–
199616#4,0720–
199528#2,6420–
199422#3,1530–
199329#2,5340–
199239#2,0160–
199131#2,3100–
199019#3,2220–
198926#2,5050–
198815#3,4150–
198725#2,2930–
198630#1,9790–
198526#2,1440–
198434#1,7030–
198324#2,1670–
198228#1,9510–
198124#2,1560–
198025#2,1350–
197925#2,0660–
197831#1,7360–
197722#2,1500–
197626#1,8970–
197528#1,7620–
197436#1,4510–
197320#2,0750–
197231#1,5460–
197129#1,6470–
197032#1,5060–
196930#1,4790–
196829#1,4660–
196728#1,4590–
196631#1,3820–
196523#1,6400–
196441#1,2060–
196335#1,3290–
196247#1,1290–
196130#1,4750–
196048#1,1350–
195937#1,2830–
195846#1,1410–
195752#1,0560–
195651#1,0580–
195562#9540–
195458#9820–
195344#1,1130–
195243#1,1240–
195150#9980–
195047#1,0300–
194938#1,1530–
194850#9940–
194754#9710–
194631#1,2690–
194543#9780–
194454#8630–
194351#9350–
194249#9500–
194162#8020–
194044#9730–
193947#9070–
193861#7880–
193741#9950–
193652#8470–
193559#8060–
193460#8010–
193369#7370–
193277#7050–
193166#7710–
193063#8190–
192969#7730–
192880#7100–
192770#7910–
192660#8620–
192578#7410–
192463#8660–
192364#8490–
192280#7380–
192152#9770–
192069#8070–
191966#8040–
191886#6710–
191773#7180–
191654#8590–
191565#7440–
191456#6810–
191345#6730–
191232#7720–
191118#7730–
191013#8930–
19099#1,0470–
190814#7230–
19077#1,1390–
19067#1,0560–
19059#8650–
190415#5960–
19037#9510–
19029#8180–
190111#6550–
190015#6570–
189917#4640–
18986#1,0560–
189713#5930–
18968#8500–
18958#8250–
18940–0–
189317#4550–
18927#8930–
18916#8920–
189011#6140–
188912#5630–
188820#4210–
188711#5620–
188613#5240–
188515#4880–
188414#5120–
188317#4380–
188212#5580–
188121#3670–
188018#4090–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Giles reached #367 in 1881. It has never been ranked as a girl name. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.