Shilo
Boy · SHY-loh · Hebrew
Shilo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,341st for boys in the US (142 babies).
What does Shilo mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Shiloh
Shiloh was the biblical town where the Tabernacle stood in the days of the priest Eli and the young Samuel.
- Say it
- SHY-loh
Is Shilo a girl's or a boy's name?
Shilo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls and 142 boys in the US.
How popular is Shilo in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 boys.
Shilo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Shilo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,341among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 142about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 509% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were named Shilo, making it the 1,341st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1970. 30 girls were also named Shilo in 2025 (4,545th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Shilo of any year since it first appeared, in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Shilo in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,419 boys in the US were given Shilo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #265, up from #1,341 for this spelling alone.
In 1970, 81% of the babies named Shilo in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 17%, with more boys than girls since 2020.
Shilo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,341 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,661 |
| 2023 | 92 | #1,765 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
Names like Shilo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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