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How popular is the name Giles?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gileses are alive today.
Giles (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 60 babies were given the name, the 378th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 5% of its peak.
The Giles you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Gileses born in England and Wales are between 20 and 33, and there are at least 870 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Giles - on average, only one in every 349 such rooms contains a Giles.
How many babies are named Giles each year?
Where does Giles rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Giles most popular?
Giles peaked in 1997, when 60 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Giles?
At least 870 people named Giles born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Giles?
Most living Gileses are between 20 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Giles becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.