Shyloh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHY-loh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Shyloh is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “tranquil; place of peace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Shyloh mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Shiloh, a biblical place name
“tranquil; place of peace”
Shiloh was the town in ancient Israel where the Ark of the Covenant was kept before Jerusalem.
Is Shyloh a girl's or a boy's name?
Shyloh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Shyloh in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
Shyloh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
How popular is Shyloh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Shyloh, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981. 22 boys were also named Shyloh in 2025 (4,538th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Shyloh in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,211 girls in the US were given Shyloh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #281, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 83% of the babies named Shyloh in the US in 2007, and 54% in 2025.
Shyloh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Nicknames for Shyloh
- Shy 7 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Shyloh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shiloh Noah Kenan Eden Darragh Brody Hamish Ronan Yusuf Kayden Shloimy Aiden
Other spellings of Shyloh
Names related to Shyloh
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shyloh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shyloh, updated 20 October 2026.