Unisex name ★ peaked 2025

Shiloh

Meaning Shiloh, Shylo or Shilo is a unisex given name Gender Unisex · 62% girls Rank 2025 #281 Trend ↑ Rising 85%

Shiloh, Shylo or Shilo is a unisex given name.

Rank 2025
#281
among girls · ↓21 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,318
named Shiloh · +3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,464
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
2,318 babies
All-time total
24,531
#1,278 all-time among girls
First recorded
1969
in Social Security records

Shiloh popularity over time

24,531 babies have been named Shiloh since 1969, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 5 7 12 1 – #8,488
1970s 647 430 1,077 108 +8875% #1,048
1980s 650 376 1,026 103 -5% #1,351
1990s 852 618 1,470 147 +43% #1,529
2000s 2,082 988 3,070 307 +109% #593
2010s 5,057 2,357 7,414 741 +141% #465
2020s (to 2025) 5,824 4,638 10,462 1,744 +135% #260

Where Shiloh is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,214 0.76 #254
2027 1,323 0.82 #234
2028 1,423 0.89 #213
2029 1,514 0.94 #202
2030 1,596 0.99 #198

Where Shiloh is most popular

Girls named Shiloh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.634 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Shiloh born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 37 3.23 +409%
Arkansas 76 1.44 +127%
Oklahoma 103 1.40 +121%
Tennessee 212 1.34 +111%
Maryland 141 1.33 +110%
Georgia 265 1.17 +84%
Alaska 10 1.16 +83%
Alabama 106 1.13 +78%
Idaho 36 1.08 +70%
Kentucky 90 1.05 +66%
Mississippi 49 1.05 +65%
Kansas 59 1.02 +61%
South Carolina 91 1.01 +60%
Virginia 168 0.986 +56%
Louisiana 86 0.983 +55%
Colorado 109 0.976 +54%
Missouri 116 0.962 +52%
Oregon 61 0.937 +48%
North Carolina 204 0.896 +41%
Indiana 116 0.826 +30%
Florida 340 0.795 +25%
Ohio 188 0.792 +25%
Pennsylvania 180 0.761 +20%
Washington 108 0.748 +18%
West Virginia 19 0.725 +14%
Michigan 130 0.714 +13%
Texas 567 0.705 +11%
Arizona 95 0.677 +7%
Nevada 31 0.667 +5%
Nebraska 23 0.640 ≈ national
Utah 51 0.613 ≈ national
New Mexico 14 0.576 -9%
New York 226 0.571 -10%
Iowa 32 0.548 -14%
Minnesota 59 0.547 -14%
California 448 0.533 -16%
Delaware 6 0.529 -17%
Wisconsin 54 0.524 -17%
Montana 7 0.517 -18%
Illinois 114 0.498 -21%
New Jersey 86 0.476 -25%
Maine 7 0.453 -29%
Massachusetts 46 0.380 -40%
Connecticut 21 0.361 -43%
South Dakota 5 0.350 -45%
District of Columbia – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Shiloh

Shiloh is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #281 in 2025 with 1,098 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1969, 24,531 American babies have been named Shiloh, about 62% girls and 38% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2025, when 2,318 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Shiloh stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Shiloh?

The median living Shiloh is about 7 years old; half are between 2 and 16. An estimated 24 thousand people named Shiloh are alive in the United States today.

median 7 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Shiloh year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,098 #281 1,220 #278
2024 1,222 #260 1,039 #334
2023 1,109 #283 820 #389
2022 938 #343 630 #485
2021 774 #411 485 #579
2020 683 #453 444 #615
2019 673 #465 367 #691
2018 558 #558 344 #707
2017 519 #582 279 #813
2016 498 #605 260 #866
2015 485 #605 247 #894
2014 482 #604 196 #1,034
2013 446 #631 168 #1,105
2012 450 #636 170 #1,101
2011 466 #622 169 #1,100
2010 480 #616 157 #1,171
2009 509 #593 166 #1,117
2008 474 #651 163 #1,128
2007 367 #788 142 #1,243
2006 183 #1,292 103 #1,489
2005 84 #2,203 63 #2,003
2004 103 #1,853 68 #1,829
2003 101 #1,841 68 #1,777
2002 89 #1,983 65 #1,788
2001 75 #2,189 76 #1,586
2000 97 #1,800 74 #1,604
1995 83 #1,760 54 #1,679
1990 70 #1,971 37 #2,041
1985 52 #2,074 46 #1,479
1980 90 #1,392 56 #1,237
1975 49 #1,871 64 #1,039
1970 32 #2,390 28 #1,652
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Shiloh

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Shiloh Fernandez Shiloh Fernandez American actor (born 1985) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Shiloh, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Shiloh?

The median living Shiloh is about 7 years old. Half of all living Shilohs are between 2 and 16 years old.

How many people named Shiloh are alive today?

An estimated 24 thousand people named Shiloh are alive in the United States, based on 24,531 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Shiloh mean?

Shiloh, Shylo or Shilo is a unisex given name.

How popular is the name Shiloh in 2025?

Shiloh ranked #281 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,098 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Shiloh?

24,531 babies have been named Shiloh in the United States since 1969, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Shiloh most popular?

Shiloh peaked in 2025, when 2,318 newborns received the name.

Is Shiloh a boy or girl name?

Shiloh is used for both: about 62% of babies named Shiloh have been girls and 38% boys.

Is the name Shiloh rising or falling?

Shiloh is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Shiloh become more popular?

Shiloh is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,596 girls named Shiloh in 2030, which would rank around #198. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Shiloh?

Well-known people named Shiloh include Shiloh Fernandez (actor).

Names like Shiloh

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