Giles

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Giles: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Giles: Recorded since 1971, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #265 in 1975, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#265highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Giles's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#427
1997	#378
1998	#544
1999	#586
2000	#596
2001	#617
2002	#824
2003	#833
2004	#841
2005	#1047
2006	#1127
2007	#1506
2008	#1596
2009	#1218
2010	#1724
2011	#1788
2012	#1852
2013	#1247
2014	#1819
2015	#1327
2016	#2335
2017	#2172
2018	#1875
2019	#1745
2020	#3334
2021	#2493
2022	#2529
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 1997: #271 among boys in Northern Ireland, #378 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1971–1982
Highest recorded position: #265 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1971–1982).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Giles appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 551 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1971.

Giles across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Giles's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#427 (1996)	#378 (1997)	#5119 (2024)	29 of 29	551 (1996–2024)	60 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#304 (1971)	#265 (1975)	#330 (1982)	9 of 12	34 (1971–1982)	5 (1975)

Giles by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Giles in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	172	4 of 10	43
2000sbusiest	218	10 of 10	22
2010s	132	10 of 10	13
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 26, from 60 to 34.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Giles appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #265 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Giles's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#586	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#544	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#378	60	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#427	47	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #265, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aline · #265, 40y
Anisa · #266, 40y
Vytautas · #266, 39y
Lori · #269, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aline · #265, 40y
Gintare · #265, 24y
Antoin · #263, 20y
Emina · #263, 38y

Giles was ranked #265 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Giles and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Giles without appearing here.

Giles moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 1996 they stood at #427 and #402 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #378 and #471.

Moved ahead of Giles

Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2443.
Gerard Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #1230.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Barry Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2529 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Giles

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Giles

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Giles went from #427 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #265 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Giles

Giles at a glance

What stands out in Giles's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Giles across 2 official records

Giles by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Giles at a glance

What stands out in Giles's record

Giles across 2 official records

Giles by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Giles appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Giles

Giles and the names beside it

Giles moved ahead of

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