Shiloh Boy & girl
How popular is Shiloh?
#281 girl name in 2025
1,098 baby girls were named Shiloh in the US in 2025, making it the 281st most popular girl name. Another 1,220 boys got the name (#278 for boys).
Shiloh popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #281 for girls (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,098 girls, 1,220 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+126% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #605 in 2015, #452 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (1,222 girls) |
| Highest rank | #260 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 42% boys, 58% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shiloh counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shiloh family of names ranked #293 for girls in 2025 (#266 the year before), with 1,124 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | 1,098 | 98% |
| Shyloh | 26 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shiloh is most popular
Babies named Shiloh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Shiloh by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1970s | 647 | #1,046 |
| 1980s | 650 | #1,340 |
| 1990s | 852 | #1,523 |
| 2000s | 2,082 | #592 |
| 2010s | 5,057 | #463 |
| 2020s | 5,824 | #260 |
Girl names about as popular as Shiloh
Questions
- Is Shiloh a boy or girl name?
- Shiloh is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 42% of babies named Shiloh were boys and 58% were girls.
- How popular is the name Shiloh?
- 1,098 baby girls were named Shiloh in the US in 2025, making it the 281st most popular girl name. Another 1,220 boys got the name (#278 for boys).
- When was Shiloh most popular?
- Shiloh peaked in 2024, when 1,222 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #260 in 2024.
- How many people are named Shiloh?
- 24,531 babies have been named Shiloh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,290 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Shiloh most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shiloh was most common in Hawaii, at 3.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.