Giles
2025 SSA
About Giles
One of those names that most Americans find just too too tea-sippingly British to consider; its meaning has led to occasional use for Capricorn boys.
Pronounced JYLZ.
As of October 2026, Giles ranked #6932 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #367 in 1881.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,774 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,990 | 19 | 10.5 |
| 2019 | #3,746 | 29 | 16.2 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Giles on lists
Famous Giless
- Giles Snyder
American newscaster
- Giles of Rome
archbishop of Bourges and commentator on the Organon by Aristotle
- Giles Deacon
English fashion designer
- Giles Bryan Chichester
English MEP
- Giles Corey
figure in the 1692 Salem Witch Trials
- Giles Martin
English record producer, son of Beatles producer George Martin
- Giles Gilbert Scott
English architect
- Giles Coren
English journalist and novelist
- Giles Gordon K. Barnes
English footballer
Giles in pop culture
- Giles Winslow Sr. and Jr.
characters in "Winnie,the,Pooh" series
- Giles Fletcher
character in G. A. Henty's "St. George for England"
- Giles
character in Guillermo Del Toro's "The Shape of Water"
- Rupert Giles
character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"