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Shilo

#4,651 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Shiloh

Shilo has been given to 3,123 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #4,651 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1978, with 89 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% girls, 41% boys all-time.

Babies named Shilo, 2025

1 in 111,000

Shilo over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shilo over time

In 2025, Shilo went to 17% girls and 83% boys.

19702025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shilo: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Shiloh

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shilo means

Shilo is a form of Shiloh.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Shilo → Shiloh. The family’s proposed meaning is “tranquil”, recorded in the naming reference for Shiloh.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shiloh.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,853 girls were recorded with the name Shilo between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 1978; its best national rank was #1,345 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,051 in 2020 to #4,651 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,427 in 2015 to #4,651 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,270 boys were recorded with the name Shilo between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 142 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,343 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,397 in 2020 to #1,343 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,615 in 2015 to #1,343 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Shilo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 53,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,651
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shilo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shilo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shilos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shilo was born before 1988 — so the typical Shilo is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
31.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
31.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,853
People you could plausibly meet
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1970s — 31.6% of all recorded uses (586).

Is Shilo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+357
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,400
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,776
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.7%
Peak was 1978 (89)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,345
1978

Spellings of Shilo

Shilo is not the most common spelling — Sheila is, with 78.7% against Shilo's 0.61%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shilo is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shilo was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 180,063 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Colorado1 in 100,000
  4. 4Oregon1 in 100,000
  5. 5Washington1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shilo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shilo is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Shilo was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 47,790 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 25,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in 50,000
  5. 5Maryland1 in 50,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 50,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 50,000
  8. 8Washington1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Shilo around the world

Where Shilo ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2018
    #4,684
    in 2018
  • France
    2006–2025
    #6,880
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2010
    #2,538
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1973–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Shilo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,651
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,400
Best rank ever
#1,345
1978
Peak year
1978
89 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,853
Count in 2025
30

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,343
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,054
Best rank ever
#1,343
2025
Peak year
2025
142 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,270
Count in 2025
142

Names similar to Shilo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Shilo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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