How Many People Are Named Jiles?
An estimated 320 people in the United States have the first name Jiles. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Jiles peaked in popularity in 1923 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Jiles as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Jiles paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
320
About 1 in 1,071,107 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
1923
19 births
Total Registered
631
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Jiles
Jiles is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 631 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Jiles as a male name
Ranked #10,288 in 2022
7 male births in 2022
Peak: 1923 (19 births)
Jiles: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Jiles span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 124 babies were registered. Jiles has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Jiles by Decade
How has Jiles tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Jiles by State
Jiles + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Jiles as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Jiles
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Jiles: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jiles?
We estimate approximately 320 people named Jiles are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,071,107 Americans share this first name.
Is Jiles a common name?
Jiles is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 631 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Jiles most popular?
Jiles reached peak popularity in 1923, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Jiles is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Jiles a male name?
Jiles is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Jiles Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Jiles Smith, Jiles Johnson, Jiles Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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