Shylo
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SHY-loh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Shylo is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “tranquil”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Shylo mean?
Hebrew: spelling variant of Shiloh
“tranquil”
Respelling of Shiloh, the biblical town where the Ark of the Covenant was kept; also a major US Civil War battle.
Is Shylo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shylo has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Shylo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 270% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Shylo, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 1973. 13 girls were also named Shylo in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Shylo of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Shylo in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,419 boys in the US were given Shylo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #265, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
In 2008, 85% of the babies named Shylo in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 33%, with more boys than girls since 2023.
Shylo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Shylo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Thiago, Kylo, Kenzo, Enzo, Cairo, Shlomo, Stetson, Nico, Sutton, Axel, Santino
Other spellings of Shylo
Names related to Shylo
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shylo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shylo, updated 20 October 2026.